Goldman Sachs strengthens D.C. ties

What more could a leading global investment banking firm need? How about a pair of Washington-based vice presidents for Goldman Sachs’ government affairs team — Todd M. Malan and Ken Connolly?

Malan, who …

President Bush’s end-of-term to-do list includes solidifying an agreement with India on civilian nuclear trade that could send billions of dollars to U.S. corporations.

But the going won’t be easy, because key members of Congress and the Indian parliament …

Hollywood-backed legislation to curtail copyright infringement by college students could make music and movie piracy even worse, the education lobby says.

The landmark provision, part of an expansive higher education bill signed into law last week by President …

Kristian Connolly tried every curveball, slider, knuckler and fastball he knew to save it, but baseball’s annual Hall of Fame Game is history.

Connolly’s mighty one-man lobbying blitz couldn’t stave off the demise of the annual Cooperstown, N.Y., tradition …

McHenry hires McCleary

Talk about a backward move. Brock McCleary has traded in his high-paying gig as vice president of Revolution Media Group to become a Hill rat — communications director for Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.).

“No, …

When a guerilla advertising blitz stung defense giant Boeing last week over the $35 billion Air Force aerial tanker contract, staffers in Boeing’s Washington headquarters scrambled to figure out who was firing at them.

Not your usual Washington …

Former Vice President Al Gore may have made global warming a household term, but this year’s tactical mistakes by the green army may have set the cause back just when it seemed to be on the brink of a legislative …

It’s a year today since the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people, but don’t expect Gov. Tim Pawlenty to showcase the reconstruction.

Indeed, with the Republican National Convention in St. Paul just a month away and Pawlenty reported …

The Navy’s announcement last week that it would put the brakes on an increasingly expensive shipbuilding modernization program is roiling the waters in a Maine Senate race.

Incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins opposes the Navy’s decision to cease construction …

Oil company lobbyists expect to return from the August recess with a growing roster of Democratic allies, a result of the intense pressure lawmakers will face over the break from voters concerned about high gas prices.

As gas …