NEWS & Insights
Now is the time to prepare for next year as a new Congress is sworn in January 3, 2025. The HBS Federal team in Washington has prepared a user-friendly reference calendar showing the House and Senate legislative schedules, State and District work periods, and federal holidays.
The Hill is out with its annual list of top lobbyists in Washington and this year’s list includes Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt, Executive Vice President Federal Government Affairs Stacy McBride, and Managing Principal Eric Lausten.
Ballots are still being counted across the United States but former President Donald Trump has secured enough electoral votes to return to the White House and Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt has spent the day after Election Day taking a closer look at the returns for the presidential race as well as Congress and state governors.
Brett Robinson, Husch Blackwell Strategies Managing Principal in Oklahoma, recently took to the stage as a featured speaker at the 2024 ANIMAL Conference in Oklahoma City.
HBS Colorado Principal Lisa LaBriola, a regular contributor to the Denver Gazette, writes recently that political differences should not lead to knock-down fights, “The exchange of ideas, no matter how different they might be, is the cornerstone of a healthy political system.”
HBS Maryland Managing Principal Sarah Peters has again been recognized by The National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics (NILE) as a top lobbyist in its annual list, the second time in just three years.
With less than two weeks left until Election Day, Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt hosted a live HBS Webinar with two national analysts, Jim Ellis and Zac McCrary, as they share their readout of what the poll numbers mean and what they expect on election night and the days after.
In today’s snapshot report, Political Overtime, Andy notes seven swing states are the key to what happens and “the outcome of the presidential election could take a week to sort out and if only a few votes in competitive districts is separating the candidates, then it could be close to a month after Election Day until we determine control of the House.”
NE-2: The 2nd District of Nebraska has an important role in the presidential race because it can deliver an electoral vote to a Democratic nominee in a state that will assuredly vote Republican. The recently released New York Times/Siena College poll (9/24-26; 680 NE-2 likely voters) finds Vice President Kamala Harris expanding her previous lead over former President Trump to nine percentage points, 51-42%.
The final stretch of the 2024 Election season is here and after an eventful summer with six weeks to go before Election Day, Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt has a last look at how he expects it all could play out.
