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Article: Lobbying Firm Talks To Suitor; Political Opposites Attract Interpublic
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 3, 1999
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K Street's newest conglomerate is trying the bipartisan approach.
Interpublic Group, a New York holding company, is negotiating to
acquire Barbour, Griffith & Rogers, one of Washington's largest
Republican-leaning lobbying operations, according to sources.
If a deal is signed, Interpublic would own highly influential
lobbying outfits on both sides of the political divide. Last month,
the company spent roughly $70 million to acquire Cassidy Cos., a mini-
empire that includes Democratic-inclined Cassidy & Associates, the
city's largest lobbying company.
That raises a curious possibility: lobbyists who are cousins in
the same corporate family warring with each other in Washington's
power ...
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