Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, despite Crowley’s post as one of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s top deputies. The Bronx Democrat joined Squire Patton Boggs in 2019 after losing a primary challenge to Rep. Joe Crowley is moving to a new home on K Street, joining Dentons’ public policy practice as a senior policy director. And be sure to follow me on Twitter: ON THE MOVE: Former Rep. The Hill may be quiet, but that doesn’t mean you should be. Elizabeth Demaree of Bethesda, Maryland, and Helen Hagerty of Washington registered to work on the Libya account under the moniker, listing titles of vice president of global policy and communications and chief of staff, respectively. The documents filed with DOJ this week for the first time shed light on who else is working at Podesta's new firm. Protos Energy, meanwhile, paid Podesta $500,000 for no registrable work in Q3 2021, and less than $5,000 to lobby the State Department on “issues related to energy and petrochemicals” in each of the two quarters after that, before terminating the contract last month. Podesta reported taking in $1 million to lobby the West Wing on Huawei’s behalf since last year, though according to a disclosure filed Monday performed less than $5,000 worth of work for the company through the first three months of 2022. hired him to lobby on “issues related to federal pharmaceutical evaluation processes and contracting issues,” according to a filing. He registered to lobby on behalf of the blacklisted Chinese telecom giant Huawei and the Bulgarian oil and gas company Protos Energy SSC, and in January, nanotech manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp. Podesta, of course, returned to K Street last summer under the new firm after stepping away from lobbying for much of the Trump administration.
Those negotiations wrapped up Monday without a deal, The Associated Press’ Samy Magdy reported, the same day Libyans protesting the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah shut down the country’s largest oil field. The United Nations has been mediating talks between rival factions in the North African country to come to an agreement on carrying out parliamentary and presidential elections there, which were initially scheduled to take place last December. The contract notes that the parties are still negotiating the price of the arrangement. That work will include facilitating meetings with the White House and broader Biden administration, as well as congressional officials and the media, “to substantiate and reinforce relationships between the Client and leaders of the US Government Executive and Legislative Branches,” and serve the “dual purpose of maintaining political gains for the Libyan Government and advancing stability in Libya to foster agreement on a constitutional basis for elections in 2022,” according to a copy of the contract filed with DOJ. The former Democratic K Street fixture will work for the Libyan government as a subcontractor to Dubai consulting firm Tala Elemary Consulting Middle East to push for “fair elections and stability in Libya.” LIBYAN GOVERNMENT HIRES PODESTA: Tony Podesta has registered to lobby on behalf of a foreign government for the first time since his powerhouse lobbying firm, Podesta Group, collapsed amid scrutiny from then-special counsel Robert Mueller, new documents filed with the Justice Department show.