Rep Joe Crowley (NY 14th now represented by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) and Shuster head to K Street

[progressoid]

Former Reps. Joe Crowley and Bill Shuster are heading to K Street, making them one of the rare bipartisan pairs of former lawmakers to team up as lobbyists after leaving office.

Crowley, a New York Democrat, and Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, are joining Squire Patton Boggs, one of the largest law and lobbying firms in Washington.

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Squire Patton Boggs is also home to former House Speaker John Boehner and former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), although Boehner doesn’t do any lobbying. The firm’s dozens of lobbying clients include Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and UnitedHealth, according to disclosure filings, as well as the governments of Cameroon, China, Croatia, Qatar and South Korea and the Palestinian Authority.

The pair is the latest to land on K Street out of the dozens of members of Congress who left last month.

Former Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Dave Reichert (R-Wash.), Luke Messer (R-Ind.), Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.), Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) and Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) have all joined lobbying firms, although not all of them plan to register to lobby. Former Reps. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) and Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) have started their own consulting firms.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/19/crowley-shuster-lobbyists-1173771

[oasis]

1. After many years of service for his district, it's time he took care of Joe.

I wish him well.

[progressoid]

2. He could take care of Joe without lobbying for those at the top.

[oasis]

3. After years of honorable service in Dem leadership with Pelosi,

Hoyer and Clyburn, Joe has demonstrated that he has the credentials to seek employment at any level he pleases, without apology.

[TeamPooka]

4. I will reserve comment until we know

I will reserve comment until we know which clients and industries he will be representing