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“Everything politics has taught us in the last four decades suggests you want to be the party out of the White House in a midterm when the president’s net approval is as low as it is today,” said Bruce Mehlman,

Throughout Dan Coats’s career in public service, as a senator and now as the director of national intelligence, he has prided himself on working the back rooms, not seizing the bully pulpit.

Midterms in the Age of Disruption

Senate Democrats have one enormous advantage even as they face one of the most difficult political terrains in recent memory: They are not the party that controls the White House.

In 2012, Sen. Sherrod Brown faced more than $24 million in ads from conservative groups opposing his first reelection. Six years later, the Democrat has been forgotten as outside groups have almost entirely abandoned the Ohio airwaves, vastly improving his

A series of measures of the national mood, especially presidential and congressional approval, are similar to past wave elections, pointing to a potential bonanza for Dems, lobbyist Bruce Mehlman points out in a new presentation.

“I think it’s evident that the administration will take a fiscal hard line on negotiations,” says Mike Robinson, a former House GOP appropriations aide who is now a lobbyist at Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas.

Mehlman Castagnetti welcomes long-time Capitol Hill chief of staff and former Obama administration official, Steve Haro, as its newest principal.

This week’s NBC/Wall Street Journal poll contained news of a disheartening but unsurprising development: Voters in both parties hate the opposition more than they support their own side’s policies. This dynamic, known as negative polarization, is poisoning our politics and

The well-known government affairs firm Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas did an incredible job of summarizing the current state of play in D.C. politics in a must-read memo published June 4. It lays out 10 important trends that are critical

Far more interesting to me even this week are the broader changes in American politics and society. Some of the more interesting things that cross my desk are PowerPoint presentations prepared by some of the sharpest and most thoughtful minds

“Losing Speaker Ryan’s leadership and passion for these issues will almost certainly make the road to these reforms longer and more difficult,” Dean Rosen of lobbying firm Mehlman, Castagnetti, Rosen & Thomas, tells Bloomberg Law.

9. First look: Data du jour: Courtesy of Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas:

Bruce Mehlman on Fox News explaining why 2018 will make 2027 seem tame.

A portion of Christ Frates’ conversation with government affairs strategist David Castagnetti about his new report. Hear the entire conversation on Politics Inside Out on SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel 12 www.siriusxm.com/potus for air times

Bruce Mehlman appears on “Fox News Sunday” to give insight on the Iran protests and global populism.

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The reality — and I’m not sure how much of this was accurately conveyed to Trump — is that every leading indicator points to a wave headed Republicans’ way that could well deliver control of the House to Democrats in

Republican lobbyist Bruce Mehlman notes that 2017 saw levels of party-line voting not seen in 100 years.

Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas is out with his annual metrics-driven look at what 2018 will bring. Spoiler: It doesn’t look good. Here’s the slideshow.

Research Reports and Polling: Why 2018 Will Make 2017 Seem Tame Bruce Mehlman, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas House & Senate Majorities Up for Grabs. Intense State-Level Elections With Big Redistricting Impact.

For a quick gander across the 2018 political terrain, Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas has put together a PowerPoint, “Why 2018 Will Make 2017 Seem Tame.”

Dana Perino hosts Bruce Mehlman of the ‘Internet Innovation Alliance,’ Mo Elleithee, Marie Harf, and Michael Needham.

Bruce Mehlman appears on “Fox News Sunday” to give insight on how retirements and resignations impact the balance of power on Capitol Hill.

Political strategist Bruce Mehlman weighs in on the divisions within the party.

Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas Inc. When they aren’t fighting for clients on Capitol Hill, Mehlman and Castagnetti travel around the country providing insight for groups outside the Beltway into how American leaders think.

When House Speaker Paul Ryan warned President Donald Trump during a Tuesday Oval Office meeting that the rollout of the long-awaited tax reform bill might have to be postponed a day, the president said that was fine. The White House

“This was a win for leadership,” said Sage Eastman, a former Ways and Means Committee aide who now works as a lobbyist at Mehlman Castagnetti. “They muscled the budget through without having to go to conference and without having to

“If data is the new oil, is [Amazon’s Jeff] Bezos the new Rockefeller?” asks Bruce Mehlman, a Republican lobbyist, in a report called “Navigating the New Gilded Age”, which is circulating in Washington.

The tech giants have suddenly found themselves without a political party to protect them, just when they most need one. On November 1st executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify before the House Intelligence Committee about how their platforms

Republican strategist Bruce Mehlman explains why there are “eerie” parallels between the Gilded Age and modern America today

The income inequality that was the hallmark of the Gilded Age in the late 1800s was driven by changes in employment as the nation moved from agriculture to manufacturing. Lobbyist Bruce Mehlman finds a similar trend in Census data showing

Is America in a new Gilded Age? That’s the contention of Republican political consultant Bruce Mehlman, and in a series of 35 slides, he makes a strong case.

Washington is a town full of smart people, and one of the smartest is Bruce Mehlman of the bipartisan lobbying firm of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. It isn’t the bachelor’s degree from Princeton or the law degree from the

Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas sent out his signature quarterly PowerPoint to clients this morning, explaining the political climate using a range of data. It’s an abbreviated version of the one sent out last week highlighting the

The income inequality that was the hallmark of the Gilded Age in the late 1800s was driven by changes in employment as the nation moved from agriculture to manufacturing. Lobbyist Bruce Mehlman finds a similar trend in Census data showing

Bruce Mehlman, consultant at Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, speaks with CNBC’s “Squawk Alley” about tech giants such as Facebook and Google facing political pressure.

Political strategists Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti talk about their new report which states we are in a new “Gilded Age.”

While tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple have already stepped up their lobbying efforts, there is a growing belief the companies will have to pay even more attention to policy in the coming years as regulators across

Political strategists Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti talk about their new report which states we are in a new “Gilded Age.”

Washington is a town full of smart people, and one of the smartest is Bruce Mehlman of the bipartisan lobbying firm of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. It isn’t the bachelor’s degree from Princeton or the law degree from the

Everywhere he looks, Republican strategist and lobbyist Bruce Mehlman sees “eerie” parallels between the Gilded Age and today.

“They see this as a straight-up fairness issue,” said Republican Bruce Mehlman, a partner with Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, whose lobbying clients include the Technology CEO Council and Adobe Systems. “You will find every tech company and a large

“White Houses are always somewhat opaque places of fascination, where you don’t quite know who is up and who is down, or how decisions are ultimately reached,” said Bruce P. Mehlman, a prominent Republican lobbyist who served in the George

“Republicans have always been fine with most of tech, because Republicans have usually defaulted pro-business,” said Bruce Mehlman, a Republican lobbyist and former Commerce Department official said in an interview. “This is less about any one issue and more about

Republicans acknowledge that the aggressive timeline they have set up for overhauling the tax code this fall leaves them little room for error.

With GOP efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act on the verge of derailing, healthcare industry groups seeking repeal of ACA taxes on their members are looking to hitch a ride on a new legislative train.

Perhaps the health care industry has lost its lobbying mojo. Despite a mystique that K Street controls the unseen levers of power in Washington, a contingent of well-known and flush-with-cash groups representing doctors, hospitals, patients and seniors appears so far

THE BIG IDEA: With the Russia scandal and self-inflicted wounds paralyzing his White House, it’s easy to lose sight of the tectonic forces that powered President Trump’s victory last year. But they continue to exist, and they’re a major reason

Why won’t House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) give up on the controversial border adjusted tax? The two may be hoping that by continuing to push the tax, they will