Article: Lobbying Firm Talks To Suitor; Political Opposites Attract Interpublic

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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