Kate Ackley Zeller

NEW: The battle over children's online safety is dividing the tech lobbying world, with Meta on one side and app store operators Apple + Google on the other. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Federal lobbying revenue is up 300% at Ballard Partners for the first half of the year, news disclosures reveal. Plus, lots more on the first 6 months of lobbying in Trump 2.0 -> news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

In case you also found yourself wondering this week how the prospect of a Fed-backed digital dollar became the latest redline for House conservative hardliners, I asked around: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US House, in 294-134 vote, passed bill ("Digital Asset Market Clarity Act”) that would establish a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. Republicans 216-0 Democrats 78-134 #CryptoWeek

The Senate is gearing up for another vote-a-rama today — which would mark its fourth since the start of this Congress and the most in a year in decades news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) talked to Bloomberg Government about his approach to leadership, talk of a second GOP megabill, and lessons learned seven months into his time as the top Senate Republican. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

CHRIS LACIVITA: Trump Stumbled On A Sleeper Issue During 2024 Campaign — GOP Needs To Capitalize | The Daily Caller dailycaller.com/2025/07/16/chr…

Spotted: Former Sen. Sinema heading into Thune's office

Donald Trump Is Coming After Your Office Snacks @cam_kettles via @business Gift Link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In last week's Power Play, @bgov newsletter on lobbying, we looked at tribal lobbying over cuts to public broadcasting: Native American Indian tribes are mobilizing to save the funds. news-emails.bindg.com/v1/newsletter/…

Amb. Lord Peter Mandelson joined @BGOV for an exclusive sitdown this week. He told @KAckleyZ & @LaurenVella about the UK's behind-the-scenes push to kill part of the BBB — offering rare insight into how to influence Trump's Washington. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

FBI headquarters fight is brewing: Senate appropriators scheduled a last-minute subcommittee markup for the CJS funding bill, including money for FBI. Sen. Van Hollen says he'll address Trump's move to keep FBI HQ in DC rather than moving to MD.

The pharma industry is criticizing the Trump administration’s plan for carrying out a critical round of Biden-era drug price negotiations that doubles down on actions they’ve resisted since the program began. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

The House Rules Committee adopts the procedural measure that would allow debate on Trump's megabill. GOP leaders have signaled they'll bring the rule vote to the floor tomorrow, but both Roy and Norman (who opposed in committee) tell me they expect it to go down

It’s the House’s turn to pass Trump’s megabill. Here are the Republicans who could sink it. With @jonathantamari for @bgov: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

The pharma industry's top lobbies are walking a tightrope as they faces major changes to vaccine regulation, a mega tax-and-spending bill, and drug pricing policies that all stand to threaten their clout in Washington. W/ @kackleyZ news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

Ned’s Club was the place to be last night.

Provisions ending Gun regulations, but not gun tax are blocked from the Senate bill bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New: The Senate parliamentarian has advised @SenateCommerce Chair Ted Cruz to rewrite his provision that would pause state enforcement of AI regulation, per people familiar + GOP opposition risks its survival in Trump’s tax bill W/@birnbaum_e bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Trump's closure of USAID will cost taxpayers more than $6 billion, including hundreds of millions to fight legal challenges, according to a draft assessment obtained by me and @jackfitzdc