Lobbyists scramble with Senate bill still in flux

Lobbyists Work Overtime to Cement Wins

With the tax details of the Senate version of the giant GOP legislative package still in flux, lobbyists are working overtime to lock in gains they got or influence the final product in other ways.

Universities want to keep the lower tax rate on their endowments compared to the House version of the legislation. Clean energy interests want to preserve the lighter touch the Senate took to winding down credits from the Democrats’ 2022 tax-and-climate law.

Sports franchise owners and private foundations also won a reprieve in the Senate bill.

Their emissaries on K ...