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*DEMS TURN OUT FOR BIDEN: Beau Biden* drew a veritable who's who of
Democratic donors last night at a fundraiser at *Elizabeth Bagley*'s
Georgetown home with his father, Vice President *Joe Biden*, as a special
guest.

The Obama campaign’s mid-Atlantic fundraising team mingled with longtime
Biden supporters. Guests included Biden alumni *John Bentivoglio*, *Fariborz
* *Fatimi*, *Larry* *Rasky* and *Nancy* *Orloff*; OFA raisers *Stewart* and
*Sandy Bainum*, *Stewart* *Grant*, *Frank* *Islam*, *Dennis* and *Karen* *
Mehiel* and *Mark* *Nichols*. Also spotted were Gov. *Martin* *O'Malley*,
recently returned Ambassador *Mark* *Gittenstein*, *Michael* *Feldman*
and *Michael
Meehan*.


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By Byron Tau and Anna Palmer | 5/1/13 12:53 PM EDT

*With Tarini Parti*

*CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY HIRES LOBBYING FIRM:* *National
Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy* has hired *Ashcroft Group* to lobby on
its behalf, according to Senate lobbying disclosures. The firm’s *Juleanna
Glover* will “assist the National Campaign in cultivating a group of
prominent Republican women to publicly support contraception as a key
element of women's health and economic success,” the report states.

Access to contraception is in the spotlight this week with the *Food and
Drug Administration* announcing yesterday it would make the morning-after
pill available without a prescription to those age 15 and older. The group
spent nearly $45,000 on lobbying the federal government in the first
quarter of the year.

*RABEN GROUP SIGNS FOUR:* *The Raben Group* has added four new clients — *Casa
De Esperanza*, *Friends of the American Latino Museum*, *The Financial
Planning Association* and *Tides Action Fund*, according to Senate lobbying
disclosures. The Raben Group will be lobbying on immigration reform for
Friends of the American Latino Museum and Tides Action Fund. The firm will
be lobbying on the 2013 VAWA Authorization for Casa De Esperanza and on
financial, banking and tax issues for The Financial Planning Association.

*DEMS TURN OUT FOR BIDEN: Beau Biden* drew a veritable who's who of
Democratic donors last night at a fundraiser at *Elizabeth Bagley*'s
Georgetown home with his father, Vice President *Joe Biden*, as a special
guest.

The Obama campaign’s mid-Atlantic fundraising team mingled with longtime
Biden supporters. Guests included Biden alumni *John Bentivoglio*, *Fariborz
* *Fatimi*, *Larry* *Rasky* and *Nancy* *Orloff*; OFA raisers *Stewart* and
*Sandy Bainum*, *Stewart* *Grant*, *Frank* *Islam*, *Dennis* and *Karen* *
Mehiel* and *Mark* *Nichols*. Also spotted were Gov. *Martin* *O'Malley*,
recently returned Ambassador *Mark* *Gittenstein*, *Michael* *Feldman*
and *Michael
Meehan*.

*FIX THE DEBT ADDS WHITE HOUSE'S CAMPBELL SPENCER: Fix the Debt* has
added *Campbell
Spencer *to the group's legislative team as a lobbyist. Before joining Fix
the Debt, she served as the *White House*'s Midwest political director in
the Obama administration.

*GOOD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, *where it’s the 86th anniversary of the first
airline meal. On May 1, 1927, Imperial Airways launched lunch service on a
Paris-London flight. The airline — now known as British Airways — served
sandwiches to passengers for three shillings, according to a 2012 CNN
story. It's been all downhill from there — though Byron's ravioli on a
recent Air France flight wasn't bad. Send all your lobbying and campaign
finance news, gossip, tips and scoops to btau@politico.com and
apalmer@politico.com. And follow us on Twitter at
@ByronTau<https://twitter.com/ByronTau>and @
apalmerdc <https://twitter.com/apalmerdc>. Tarini is at
tparti@politico.comand at @
tparti <http://twitter.com/tparti>*.*

*MPAA'S DODD PRAISES IP REPORT: Motion Picture Association of
America*chairman and CEO
*Chris Dodd *praised a new report from the *United States Trade
Representative* today. The annual "Special 301" report evaluates the
protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights across the
world. MPAA and Dodd also noted the report singles out Ukraine as a top
source of pirated content. “The Special 301 report identifies some of the
key foreign threats to America’s copyright industries,” Dodd said. “The
report offers an important roadmap for improving strong and enforceable
intellectual property protections and expanding U.S. exports, both of which
are vital to the strength of the U.S. economy. We thank Acting U.S. Trade
Representative [Demetrios] Marantis, the USTR, and the interagency team who
continue to support job creation in the creative economy.”

*MARINE PARKS ASSOCIATION NAMES NEW DIRECTOR:* *Kathleen Dezio* will take
over as executive director of the *Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and
Aquariums*, the trade association announced today. She previously served as
vice president of public affairs and communications at the *Personal Care
Products Council* and as vice president of communications at the *American
Beverage Association*. Dezio replaces Marilee Menard, who is retiring as
head of Alliance after 21 years.

*O'NEILL HONORED WITH PRESIDENTIAL AWARD:* *Michelle O'Neill*, the vice
president of government affairs and trade policy for the aluminum
manufacturer *Alcoa*, was honored recently with a 2012 Presidential
Distinguished Rank Award. The award is nation's highest civil service
award, presented by the president to senior federal managers for
outstanding achievement in public service. The award recognizes O'Neill's
time as deputy undersecretary for international trade — the position she
held before joining Alcoa.

*EDELMAN, FLEISHMAN-HILLARD DEBATE THE FUTURE OF PR:* *Fleishman-Hillard*'s
recent announcement that they will rebrand from a traditional public
relations shop into a one-stop advertising, social media and communications
behemoth is drawing some dissent from a fellow PR veteran. *Richard
Edelman*takes to his eponymous firm's blog to take issue with some of
Fleishman's
conclusions — while agreeing that the industry is changing rapidly and that
adding nontraditional PR talent like ad copywriters and social media
experts is a worthwhile effort. But Edelman disagrees that advertising and
PR can be blended seamlessly.

"PR is more than a set of tactics or tools. It’s a mindset; the ideas that
come from PR people are different than those that come from advertising
people. Both are engaged in storytelling, but the PR idea stimulates
discussion and has the potential to play out over years," he writes. *
Edelman*, he says, will focus on advertorials, special reports and other
products in collaboration with traditional media outlets — while
experimenting with efforts like salons, social media and conferences. Read
the *New York Times* story on Fleishman's rebranding here:
http://nyti.ms/11CuBTf Read Edelman's blog post here: http://bit.ly/10s6nIW

*PCCC TARGETS RETIRING BAUCUS: *Via *POLITICO*'s Huddle, the liberal
group *Progressive
Change Campaign Committee* is targeting retiring Sen. *Max Baucus *(D-Mont.)
over gun control background checks. The group will spending at least
$50,000 on a cable and broadcast ad that encourages Baucus to vote for
expanded background checks if they come up for a vote again. Last time,
Baucus voted against the measure, which was defeated by the Senate. Baucus
announced last week that he wouldn’t run for reelection — paving the way
for Democratic favorite *Brian Schweitzer* to run, if he’s interested.
Still, the ad buy against a retiring senator is unusual. See the ad here:
http://bit.ly/14UVCY3

*LABOR HOSTS MAY DAY EVENTS:* Labor groups are hosting 57 recruitment and
mobilization events across the country in honor of May Day. Events will be
held in big markets like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Boston,
Chicago, New York, as well as smaller cities such as New Haven, Conn.,
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Bozeman, Mont., and Portland, Maine. Senate Majority
Leader *Harry Reid* is scheduled to attend the Las Vegas event. A full list
of cities is here: http://bit.ly/159pDDS

*HERBERT PUSHES CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM:* A public financing initiative
would empower small donors and make the Washington agenda more focused on
the interests of ordinary working people, writes *Bob Herbert*, a
distinguished senior fellow at the national public policy organization *
Demos*, in an op-ed on POLITICO. Read the full piece:
http://politi.co/18mu2zb

*CORRECTION: *Tuesday’s PI item “Lobbyists Give Big To Markey; Unions Give
To Lynch,” which was based on data from MapLight, included numbers from the
2012 cycle instead of the fundraising numbers for the Massachusetts
Democratic primary.

*ELSEWHERE IN THE INFLUENCE WORLD*:

The *Koch* brothers want their network to play a bigger role in cultivating
and promoting Republican candidates, reports *Nicholas Confessore* of *The
New York Times*. http://nyti.ms/159mHHs

*Ben Terris* of *The National Journal* profiles *House Majority PAC*.
http://bit.ly/ZTTriX

*Hollywood* donors are giving to Sen. *Al Franken*’s (D-Minn.) reelection
campaign, reports *Alex Lazar* of *The Hill*. http://bit.ly/101R36W

Environmentalists boosted Rep. *Ed Markey* (D-Mass.) in Tuesday’s special
election primary, reports *Michael Beckel* of the *Center for Public
Integrity*. http://bit.ly/12muDO5

*NEW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE REGISTRATIONS*:

Grow Up & Be Free PAC of Lake Zurich, Ill. — Treasurer: Helene Miller-Walsh
(PAC)

*NEW LOBBYING REGISTRATIONS: (Firm: Client)*

Ashcroft Group: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Preganancy

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.: Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.

Foley Strategies LLC: Alenia Aermacchi North America, Inc.

Gorski Healthcare Group: Landauer Metroroplitan Inc.

Hogan Lovells US LLP: Vical Inc

Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.: Rackspace, Inc.

KNA Services Inc: Consumr Attorney Services (CAS) The McCann Law Group, LLP


Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.: Lumber Liquidators, Inc

The Nickles Group, LLC: Sonitus Medical Inc.

The Raben Group: Casa De Esperanza

The Raben Group: Friends of the American Latino Museum

The Raben Group: The Financial Planning Association

The Raben Group: Tides Action Fund


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