Bottom Line

• AIRLINES. GrayLoeffler LLC is lobbying for Southwest Airlines Co. Former Reps. Thomas Loeffler (R-Texas) and William Gray (D-La.) are the name partners at the firm, formerly called the Amani Group, and are lobbying on behalf of the airline.

• DEFENSE. The Conaway Group is lobbying for EADS North America on the defense authorization and spending bills.

• EDUCATION. Marlowe & Co. is lobbying for Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla.

• ENERGY. The Alpine Group is lobbying for Magellan Midstream Partners, an energy firm, on a bill to support the construction of a renewable energy pipeline, federal lobbying records show. The firm is also lobbying on behalf of Poet, an ethanol producer, on the same issue.
Former Rep. Jon Christensen (R-Neb.) is lobbying for Eco Clean Energy, federal lobbying records show.

Liberty Strategies is lobbying for Patriot Coal Corp. Rashid Hallaway, a former legislative assistant to Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), is lobbying for the coal company, according to lobbying records. Another coal company, Central Coal Co., hired the Cumberland Group to lobby on climate change and the cap-and-trade bill.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is lobbying for the Oilfield Services and Drilling Industry Coalition. Former Rep. Bill Archer (R-Texas), the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is tracking tax issues for the group, federal lobbying records show.

• HEALTHCARE. B & D Consulting is lobbying for Eli Lilly, a drug maker. The issue relates to online pharmacies.

• MANUFACTURING. Helena Chemical Co. hired Blank Rome to lobby on its behalf, according to federal lobbying records.

• TRADE. Barbour Griffith & Rogers is lobbying for the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The lobbying team includes Eric Burgeson, a former chief of staff at the Energy Department, and Alexander Cochran, a former senior adviser to the Housing and Urban Development secretary.

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