K Street in Washington D.C. that is appropriately not far from government is home to several offices of what 'influential' industry?
"1430 K Street 1430 K Street is a high-rise building located in the United States capital of Washington, D.C. The building was constructed in 2005 and its construction was completed in 2006. On its completion, the building rose to , featuring 12 floors. The building serves as an office and parking garage. This was the first office building in the Washington downtown to be fully sold as a condominium. Non-profit associations and lobbying groups like the American Educational Research Association are buying floors of the building to replace their previous brownstone town houses which are not now suitable to be"
"And like most industries with pollution problems, chemical manufacturers oppose meddlesome government regulations that make it more difficult and expensive for them to do business. So do most Republicans, which is why this industry gives nearly three-fourths of its campaign contributions to the GOP. In addition to campaign contributions to elected officials and candidates, companies, labor unions, and other organizations spend billions of dollars each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies. Some special interests retain lobbying firms, many of them located along Washington's legendary K Street; others have lobbyists working in-house. According to website ""Opensecrets,"" the total number of"
"office ""overlooks the White House"", and Lewandowski has ""relatively unimpeded access"" to President Trump either by phone or in person at the White House. Access to President Trump can be ""highly lucrative"" — ""relatively few established K Street powerhouses have ties to the new president"". In February 2017, Avenue Strategies ""quietly agreed"" to lobby for Citgo Petroleum Corporation (Citgo). In April they signed a $25,000 a month contract as tensions mounted between the United States, Venezuela, and Russia. Citgo is headquartered in Houston, Texas, but is owned by the government of Venezuela. Citgo took out a loan from Russian state-owned"
"the National Civil Rights Museum. HBO’s K Street Premiering in the fall of 2003, K Street was a weekly Sunday night docudrama on HBO that mixed fiction and reality on the famous corridor in Washington, DC. Produced by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney, the series centered around members of a fictional lobbying and political consulting firm rubbing elbows with real politicians and lawmakers, wheeling and dealing, spinning and twisting, trying to skew national politics, policy, regulation and law to their paying client’s advantage. The challenge for IMG, one of the series’ production studios, was creating concepts each week based off"
"Little Green House on K Street The Little Green House on K Street was a residence at 1625 K Street, NW, in Washington, DC, USA, that served as the unofficial headquarters of the Ohio Gang during the Presidential Administration of Warren G. Harding. The name itself entered the American lexicon as a symbol of political corruption. The ""Chicago Tribune"" described the home as one of ""the symbols of a nation's disgrace"". The house was the site of the planning for what became known as the Teapot Dome scandal. The house was constructed by J. B. Edmonds of Iowa, a retired"
"after the 1994 elections which gave a majority of seats to Republican candidates, DeLay called prominent Washington lobbyists into his office. He had pulled the public records of political contributions that they made to Democrats and Republicans. According to Texans for Public Justice, ""he reminded them that Republicans were in charge and their political giving had better reflect that—or else. The ""or else"" was a threat to cut off access to the Republican House leadership."" The project is named for K Street in Washington, D.C., where the largest lobbying firms once had their headquarters. Lobbyists are, in some circles, referred"
"to as the ""fourth branch of government,"" as some have great influence in U.S. national politics due to their monetary resources and the ""revolving-door"" practice of hiring former government officials. Candidates seeking to succeed DeLay as House majority leader sought to distance themselves from the project, and as of January 15, 2006, all three announced candidates had vowed to dismantle it and overhaul the lobbying process. The fundamental quid pro quo at the center of the K Street Project -- the withholding of policy favors from interest groups and lobbying firms that hire Democrats -- is now illegal: the Honest"
"Georgetown, where the original New Dealers strategized during the early years of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration, to the Little Green House on K Street. The R Street address became known as the Brain Trust's Little Green House on K Street. During the scandal involving the extramarital affairs of Senator John Ensign and Congressman Chip Pickering in 2009, commentators frequently compared their C Street homes to the Little Green House on K Street. Little Green House on K Street The Little Green House on K Street was a residence at 1625 K Street, NW, in Washington, DC, USA, that served"
"series ""K Street"" produced by George Clooney. California Representative Gary Condit, suspected at one point in the murder of Chandra Levy, lived on Adams Mill Road in Adams Morgan while he was a congressman and during his affair with the intern. Writer Nora Ephron and journalist Carl Bernstein lived for many years directly after Watergate in The Ontario Apartments in Adams Morgan, and Ephron wrote her book ""Heartburn"" about their time as a married couple in the building. The neighborhood's competing ""jumbo slice"" pizza establishments have been covered extensively by local media and an episode of Travel Channel's ""Food Wars""."
"1875 K Street 1875 K Street is a mid-rise office building located in the United States capital of Washington, D.C.. The building began construction in 2000, and was completed in 2001. Upon completion, the building rose to , featuring 12 floors and 5 elevators. The architect of the building was Hartman-Cox Architects, who designed the postmodern design of the building. The building was sold to Shorenstein Company in 2005 for $113 million. Law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher is the anchor tenant in the building. Foley Hoag also has their Washington office in this building, There also was a Così"
"million in 2015, Accurate predictions of potential future legal markets for hemp are deemed impossible to predict due to ""the absence since the 1950s of any commercial and unrestricted hemp production in the United States"". In a ""Huffington Post"" interview, Mark Kleiman, the ""Pot Czar"" of Washington state, said he was concerned that the National Cannabis Industry Association would favor profits over public health. He also said that it could become a predatory body like the lobbying arms of the tobacco and alcohol industries. Kleiman said: ""The fact that the National Cannabis Industry Association has hired itself a K Street"
"Post"" interview, Kleiman, the ""Pot Czar"" of Washington state, said he was concerned that the National Cannabis Industry Association would favor profits over public health. He also said that it could become a predatory body like the lobbying arms of the tobacco and alcohol industries. Kleiman said: ""The fact that the National Cannabis Industry Association has hired itself a K Street suit [lobbyist] is not a good sign."" Kleiman is the organizer of a group blog, ""The Reality-Based Community"". His writing has also appeared on CNN, ""The American Prospect"", ""Foreign Affairs"", and ""Washington Monthly"". Kleiman was a legislative aide to"
"to K Street"": the report analyzed hundreds of lobbyist registration documents filed in compliance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act and the Foreign Agents Registration Act among other sources. It found that since 1998, 43 percent of the 198 members of Congress who left government to join private life have registered to lobby. A similar report from the Center for Responsive Politics found 370 former members were in the ""influence-peddling business"", with 285 officially registered as federal lobbyists, and 85 others who were described as providing ""strategic advice"" or ""public relations"" to corporate clients. ""The Washington Post"" described these results as"
"Sand Hill Road Sand Hill Road, often shortened to just ""Sand Hill"", is an arterial road in western Silicon Valley, California, running through Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Woodside, notable for its concentration of venture capital companies. The road has become a metonym for that industry; nearly every top Silicon Valley company has been the beneficiary of early funding from firms on Sand Hill Road. Its significance as a symbol of private equity and venture capitalism in the United States is compared to that of Wall Street and the stock market, and K Street in Washington, D.C. and political lobbying."
"modern offices. The architect of the building was Alkridge, who designed the post modern design of the building. Alkridge was selected to design the building by NEST and Totah Venture, marketing organizations. Before 1430 K Street was built, two buildings were demolished in order for the construction of this building to take place. 1430 K Street 1430 K Street is a high-rise building located in the United States capital of Washington, D.C. The building was constructed in 2005 and its construction was completed in 2006. On its completion, the building rose to , featuring 12 floors. The building serves as"
"Chinatown (Washington, D.C.) Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown () is a small, historic area east of Downtown Washington, D.C., consisting of about 20 ethnic Chinese and other Asian restaurants and small businesses along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. It is also the home to numerous non-Asian stores and businesses, including national and international chains like McDonalds and Starbucks, many of which display their names in Chinese characters. It is known for its annual Chinese New Year festival and parade and the Friendship Arch, a Chinese gate built over H Street at 7th Street. Other nearby prominent landmarks"
"unconnected streets designated as K Street. The term ""K Street"" almost always refers to the northern K Street. The northern K Street, which carries a segment of U.S. Route 29, begins in the city's Northwest quadrant as K St. NW, just west of the abutment of the old Aqueduct Bridge on the Georgetown waterfront. The street travels east underneath the Whitehurst Freeway, crosses Rock Creek on the K Street Bridge, and continues through downtown D.C. After its intersection with North Capitol Street, the street's designation changes to K Street NE as it enters the Northeast quadrant. The street ends at"
"employers and business enterprises are AT&T, BNSF Railway, Asurion, Sprint Corporation, Citigroup, EMBARQ, Farmers Insurance Group, Garmin, Hallmark Cards, Harley-Davidson, Husqvarna, H&R Block, General Motors, Honeywell, Ford Motor Company, MillerCoors, State Street Corporation, ""The Kansas City Star"", and Waddell & Reed, some of which are headquartered in the metropolitan area. Kansas City also has a large pharmaceutical industry, with companies such as Bayer and Aventis having a large presence. The following companies and organizations, excluding educational institutions, are among the larger ones that are currently headquartered in or have since relocated from the metropolitan area (headquarters of most companies are"
"""going downtown""—becoming lobbyists—and the big draw is money. The ""lucrative world of K Street"" means that former congresspersons with even ""modest seniority"" can move into jobs paying $1 million or more annually, without including bonuses for bringing in new clients. The general concern of this revolving-door activity is that elected officials—persons who were supposed to represent the interests of citizens—have instead become entangled with the big-money interests of for-profit corporations and interest groups with narrow concerns, and that public officials have been taken over by private interests. In July 2005, Public Citizen published a report entitled ""The Journey from Congress"
"the large number of lobbying firms located on K Street) are reported to have actually written portions of bills for both houses of Congress that later passed into law. A further complication is that lobbying groups have become skilled in ""camouflaging their true identity"" by forming coalitions with pleasant-sounding innocuous names. The Congress in the first decade of the 21st century has been characterized by sometimes rather extreme partisanship, with many votes split precisely on party lines. Some analysts wonder whether fierce political infighting between Democrats and Republicans has prevented lawmakers from tackling tough issues such as global warming and"
"H Street H Street is a set of east-west streets in several of the quadrants of Washington, D.C. It is also used as an alternate name for the Near Northeast neighborhood, as H Street NW/NE is the neighborhood's main commercial strip. In the 19th century, H Street around North Capitol was the center of a small settlement called Swampoodle which became an entire neighborhood by the 1850s. It played an important role in the construction of Washington, D.C. by providing the workforce needed to build projects such as Union Station.. H Street was separated in two with the railway track"
"AKA White House AKA White House is a luxury extended stay hotel owned by Korman Communities located at 1710 H Street NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The operator is AKA, the extended-stay hotel brand owned by Korman Communities. AKA White House opened in 2005. 1710 H Street NW was constructed in 1958. Originally known as the Metropolitan Building, it was considered one of the finest Modern architecture structures in the city. It was occupied for many years by the Bell Atlantic subsidiary of AT&T, which purchased the building in 1967. The building was shuttered in 1990, and"
"line with those who hired them to lobby. Labor unions, they noted, hire people to advocate for them in Washington who share their viewpoints regardless of their access to power. On April 6, 2006, Norquist applied, through his organization Americans for Tax Reform, for trademark protection for the term ""K Street Project."" When the story was reported the following week, he suggested it had been unfairly maligned by the media coverage of the scandal and that it was in fact simply a job-listing service. He promised to enforce it vigorously if it were approved, saying ""We will sue anyone who"
"K Street to the District line, 16th Street is part of the National Highway System. The Maryland portion of the street is designated Maryland State Highway 390. The entire street is long. The Washington meridian, a prime meridian once in use in the United States, follows the street. Early in the city's history, many foreign countries opened their embassies on 16th Street because of its proximity to the White House. Many religious denominations followed with churches, earning the street the nickname ""Church Row."" These include Foundry Methodist (attended by Presidents Hayes and Clinton), First Baptist (attended by Presidents Truman and"
"Capitol, and K Street – which houses the offices of many lobbying groups. Washington hosts 177 foreign embassies, constituting approximately 297 buildings beyond the more than 1,600 residential properties owned by foreign countries, many of which are on a section of Massachusetts Avenue informally known as Embassy Row. The architecture of Washington varies greatly. Six of the top 10 buildings in the American Institute of Architects' 2007 ranking of ""America's Favorite Architecture"" are in the District of Columbia: the White House, the Washington National Cathedral, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the United States Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans"
"restaurant located in the building, which was replaced by a Protein Bar in 2014. 1875 K Street 1875 K Street is a mid-rise office building located in the United States capital of Washington, D.C.. The building began construction in 2000, and was completed in 2001. Upon completion, the building rose to , featuring 12 floors and 5 elevators. The architect of the building was Hartman-Cox Architects, who designed the postmodern design of the building. The building was sold to Shorenstein Company in 2005 for $113 million. Law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher is the anchor tenant in the building. Foley"
"Golden Triangle (Washington, D.C.) Golden Triangle, Washington DC is a neighborhood and business improvement district(BID) in Washington, D.C. Its location encompasses most of Washington’s central business district, and runs from the front yard of the White House north to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street to 21st Street NW and includes sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue. The Golden Triangle BID was created in 1997 by the District of Columbia City Council and approved by Mayor Marion Barry. The commercial neighborhood that is home to more than 3,000 organizations such as top law firms, lobbyists, associations, and architecture firms;"
"1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, in a three-story colonial style building known colloquially as the ""White House"" due to its resemblance to the US president's home. The headquarters contain executive offices and the company's research and development facilities. KFC is incorporated at 1209 North Orange St, Wilmington, Delaware. By December 2013, there were 18,875 KFC outlets in 118 countries and territories around the world. There are 4,563 outlets in China, 4,491 in the United States, and 9,821 across the rest of the world. Outlets are owned by franchisees or directly by the company. Eleven percent of outlets are company owned,"
"at any point except for its easternmost extremity, near Fort Dupont Park. Notable residents who lived on H Street include: H Street H Street is a set of east-west streets in several of the quadrants of Washington, D.C. It is also used as an alternate name for the Near Northeast neighborhood, as H Street NW/NE is the neighborhood's main commercial strip. In the 19th century, H Street around North Capitol was the center of a small settlement called Swampoodle which became an entire neighborhood by the 1850s. It played an important role in the construction of Washington, D.C. by providing"
"claim that after 40 years of a near-total Democratic control of Congress, most of the top lobbyists in Washington were former Democratic congressional staffers and aides, since lobbyists are valued for their access to power more than their political ideologies. They might be more loyal to their party and former employers than their present ones. In fact, Republicans claim, Democrats in Congress had informally done the same thing and forced lobbies to hire former staffers of their own. In this view, the K Street Project was simply a way of ensuring that those lobbying in Congress had political views in"
"Connecticut Avenue Connecticut Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. It is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House, and the segment south of Florida Avenue was one of the original streets in Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's's plan for Washington. Connecticut Avenue begins just north of the White House at Lafayette Square. It is interrupted by Farragut Square. North of Farragut Square and K Street, Connecticut Avenue is one of the major streets in downtown Washington, with high-end restaurants, historical buildings such as Sedgwick Gardens, hotels, and"
"part of a proposed $500 million, mixed-use housing, office, and retail development that would begin construction in 2013. D.C. officials moved up hearings on (and potential construction of) the Georgia Avenue Line because the redevelopment of the Walter Reed site would be heavily dependent on the streetcar reaching the area by the time the new homes and businesses opened. In March 2011, the ""Washington Business Journal"" said that the city's reuse plan for its portion of the Walter Reed Campus included a retail hub serviced by a streetcar line. In January 2010, the ""Washington Post"" reported that the K Street"
"Church of St. Paul's, K Street (Washington, D.C.) St. Paul's Parish, K Street is a parish of the Episcopal Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. It is known for being one of the earlier Anglo-Catholic churches in the United States. St. Paul's Parish was founded in 1866 with the building of its first church at Washington Circle, where the congregation worshipped until the end of World War II. As a new hospital for George Washington University was planned to be built nearby, the government bought the property and the old building was closed at the end of 1944. On"