Washington's Top 200

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Washington's Top 200
# NAME TITLE INDEX
1. Tony Russo Lobbyist/T-Mobile +1.7
T-2. Alex Urrea Lawyer/lobbyist, Greenberg Traurig +0.5
T-2. John Yarmuth Rep.-Ind. +0.5
4. Bob Okun VP/lobbyist, NBC Washington +0.3
5. Fred Eames Partner, Hunton & Williams 0.6
6. Arthur Mason Exec. VP, Cassidy & Associates 0.7
7. Linda DiVall President/CEO, American Viewpoint 1.9
8.
Jeff Becker President, The Beer Institute 2.2
9. Trey Hardin Co-founder, Northpoint Strategies 2.3
T-10. Joe Baca Rep.-Calif. 2.5
T-10. Mark Udall Rep.-Colo. 2.5
T-12. Eric Rizzo VP, Fed. Affairs, Farmers Insurance 2.7
T-12. Michael Williams Director, Govt. Affairs, Greenberg Traurig 2.7
T-14. Mike Ferguson Rep.-N.J. 2.8
T-14. Kent Wells VP, Fed. Relations, AT&T Inc. 2.8
16. Chris Lamond Senior VP, Ogilvy Govt. Relations 3.1
17. Chris Cox Principal, Navigators 3.2
18. Dan Tate Sr. Consultant, Cassidy & Associates 3.3
19. Brett Hale VP, Govt. Affairs, American Gaming Assn. 4.2
20. Zach Wamp Rep.-Tenn. 4.4
21. Kerry Knott VP, Fed. Govt. Affairs, Comcast 4.6
T-22. Bob Corker Sen.-Tenn. 4.7
T-22. Jim Langdon Jr. Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 4.7
T-24. Bo Chambliss Associate Dir., Govt. Relations, Chicago Mercantile Exchange 4.8
T-24. Ed Rogers BGR Holding LLC 4.8
T-26. Bill Shute Vice Chancellor, Fed. Rel., University of Texas 5.0
T-26. Evan Tracey COO/founder, TNS Campaign Media Analysis Group 5.0
28. Marty Russo CEO & Sr. Vice Chairman, Cassidy & Assoc. 5.3
T-29. Geoff Gonella President, Cornerstone Govt. Affairs 5.4
T-29. Don Nickles Former Sen.; President, Nickles Group 5.4
T-29. Stewart Verdery Partner/founder, Monument Policy Group 5.4
32. Steve Buyer Rep.-Ind. 5.6
33. Robert Dibblee VP, Govt. Relations, Natl. Assn. of Real Estate Investment Trusts 6.0
T-34. Christopher Chapel Christopher Chapel, Dir., Government Affairs, FPL 6.2
T-34.
Jim Hart Political Affairs Officer, Investment Co. Inst. 6.2
36. John Boehner Rep.-Ohio, House Republican leader 6.3
37. John Haddow Partner, Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms 6.4
T-38 Dan Cohen Lobbyist, US Oncology 6.5
T-38. John Ensign Sen.-Nev. 6.5
40. Chris John Lobbyist, La. Mid-Continent Oil and Gas 6.7
T-41. Saxby Chambliss Sen.-Ga. 7.0
T-41. Jim McCool Dir., Fed. Leg. Affairs, The Southern Company 7.0
T-41. Daniel J. McNamara Exec. VP, Cassidy & Associates 7.0
44. Gary Lytle Senior VP, Federal Relations, Qwest 7.2
45. Mike Leavitt Secretary, Health & Human Services 7.5
46. Mike Simpson Rep.-Idaho 8
47. Scott Pastrick Pres./CEO, BKSH & Assoc. 8.2
T-48. Bryan Anderson VP, U.S. Govt., Rel., Coca-Cola 8.4
T-48. Joe Biden Sen.-Del. 8.4
T-48. Chris Fox Asst. VP, Venn Strategies 8.4
51. Mike Oxley Of counsel, Baker Hostetler 8.5
T-52. Robert Fisher VP, Federal Govt. Relations, Verizon 8.7
T-52. Charlie Shipp Partner, SC Partners 8.7
T-52. Dan Tate Jr. Partner, Capitol Solutions 8.7
55. Roy Coffee Partner, Locke Liddell & Sapp 8.8
56. Brian Reardon Principal, Venn Strategies 8.9
57. Chet Edwards Rep.-Tex. 9
58. Judd Gregg Sen.-N.H. 9.1
T-59. Paris Fisher Partner, Martin, Fisher, Thompson & Assoc. 9.3
T-59. John Tanner Rep.-Tenn. 9.3
61. Michael Brown Managing Partner, Alcalde & Fay 9.4
62. David Hobbs President, The David Hobbs Group 9.6
63. Mike Meece President, The Meece Group LLC 9.7
64. Tim Jenkins Partner, O'Connor & Hannan 9.9
T-65. Rick Goddard Rep.-Pa. 10
T-65. John Murtha SVP, Harris Interactive 10.0
T-66. Andrew Schauder Dep. Chief of Staff, Labor Dept. 10
T-68. Edward Fritts Founder, The Fritts Group 10.1
T-68. Barry Hutchison Asst. VP, Fed. Relations, AT&T 10.1
T-68. Joel Jankowsky Partner, Akin Gump 10.1
71. Brad Edwards Principal, Jenkins Hill Group LLC 10.5
72. Albio Sires Rep.-N.J. 10.8
73. Ray Shepherd Partner, Venable 10.9
T-74. Randy Kuhl Rep.-N.Y. 11
T-74 Dave McCurdy President, Alliance of Automobile Man. 11
T-74. Rick Santorum Former Sen.; consultant, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 11.0
T-74. Charlie Stamp VP, Public Affairs Worldwide, Deere & Co. 11.0
78. Dan Burton Rep.-Ind. 11.1
79. Bob Mueller Director, FBI 11.2
T-80. Jim Clyburn Rep.-S.C. 11.3
T-80. Dan Cunningham Associate, PMA Group 11.3
T-82.
Ander Crenshaw Rep.-Fla. 11.5
T-82 Luckie McClintock Dir., Political & Legislative Affairs, Plumbers & Pipefitters Union 11.5
T-84. Charlie Black Chairman, BKSH & Associates, Sr. Advisor for John McCain 11.7
T-84. Erik Winborn President, Winborn Solutions 11.7
86. Fred Graefe Lawyer/lobbyist 11.9
T-86. Fred Graefe Lawyer/lobbyist, Frederick H. Graefe 12.2
T-87. John Feehery Founder/CEO, Feehery Group 12
T-87. Duncan Hunter Rep.-Calif. 12
T-87. Ron Kind Rep.-Wis. 12
T-87. Rob Owen Counselor, Office of Sec. of Labor 12
91. Jim Pitts Principal, The Navigators 12.7
T-92. Ben Dupuy Partner, The Cypress Group 12.9
T-92. Jon Potter Jon Potter 12.9
T-94. Dan Bartlett Senior Strategist, Public Strategies 13
T-94 Tom Coburn Sen.-Okla. 13
T-94. Pat Pizzella Assistant Secretary of Labor 13
T-94. Bart Stupak Rep.-Mich. 13
T-98. Mike Doyle Rep.-Pa. 13.3
T-98. Jeff Murray Partner, c2group 13.3
100. Mike Hammer Partner, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher 13.5

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