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K Street refers to the area in downtown Washington, D.C. where many lobbyists, lawyers and advocacy groups have their offices. The term has become synonymous with the lobbying industry itself, representing the often close, sometimes controversial, relationship between government and special interests.
Lobbying. "K Street" is the common metonym for Washington, D.C. 's lobbying industry, often used negatively in political campaign advertisements, the same way Wall Street in New York City became a metonymy for the financial markets of the United States.
The K Street Project was an effort by the Republican Party (GOP) to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire Republicans in top positions, and to reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials, an arrangement known as crony capitalism.
7. März 2022 · K Street was fine taking Russian cash — until it couldn’t. Even after the annexation of Crimea and the hacking of the DNC, firms took on major Russia clients. Then came the sanctions. A...
8. Dez. 2019 · A four-letter acronym that went ignored for decades, says one consultant, has “put the fear of God” into K Street. While it’ll take years for historians to hash out the impact on our democracy as a result of the revelation about Russian meddling, in the day-to-day business of Washington, the Mueller effect is already here.
4. Nov. 2020 · WHAT THE ELECTION RESULTS MEAN FOR K STREET: While it’s not clear who the presidential race or which party will control the Senate, much of the discussion on K Street this morning...
26. Juni 2020 · What Abramoff’s prosecution means for K Street - POLITICO. By THEODORIC MEYER. 06/26/2020 02:02 PM EDT. With Daniel Lippman. WHAT ABRAMOFF’S PROSECUTION MEANS FOR K STREET: “The Justice...
