Just as COVID-19 was reaching pandemic proportions, negotiations between Russia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) broke down when Russia refused to extend an agreement limiting oil production. The response from Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest member, was swift. Saudi Aramco, the nation’s oil producer, announced that it would increase production to 12.3 […]
Cogent Managing Director Dave Oxner spoke with The New York Times to further explain his thoughts regarding government interventions in the form of bailouts.
The Capitol is now closed to the public, congressional offices have been scaled back to essential personnel and, as soon as the COVID-19 relief package is finished, all members of Congress will head back to their states and districts. Given the condensed congressional schedule ahead of the November elections, many companies, associations and organizations had […]
The past few weeks have felt more like months to many of us. Each day brings multiple, extraordinary headlines about the various impacts from and reactions to the spread of the coronavirus. Empty stadiums, shuttered museums, motionless cruise ships and now quarantined policymakers have jarred the public and laid a foundation for panic that will […]
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Kimberley Fritts, CEO of Cogent Strategies, was named to The Hill’s Annual Top Lobbyist list. Read the full story here.
“Advocacy groups and trade associations are worried that Twitter’s decision to ban all political advertisements could hurt their efforts to use digital marketing to promote their issues. One source told The Hill the Twitter announcement sent “shock waves” through public affairs professionals in Washington.Twitter on Wednesday said that it would begin banning ads that “advocate […]