The new business of lobbying. What does the word “lobbying” connote? Maybe a smoke-filled room somewhere, or multi-course meals, charged to an expense account. Well, “government affairs professionals,” as they like to call themselves, say the job has changed. “I think there is less golf and there are fewer martinis than ever before,” says Dan Bryant, chair of the public policy and government affairs practice group at Covington & Burling. Still, I persist, arranging to meet Rich Gold, a partner with the firm Holland & Knight, at the Round Robin & Scotch Bar in the Willard Hotel.
According to lore, the term “lobbying” was coined there. Back in the 1870s, Gold’s professional forebears plied President Ulysses S. “I guess in some ways I am kind of the breakthrough generation,” he says. And the day we met is no exception. Gold has been lobbying for two decades, and he says the culture has changed. “There is no walking into a back room anymore, and saying, ‘I need this,’ tapping the table, and getting it done,” Gold explains.
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