Anheuser-Busch Cos. has tapped Kit Bond Strategies for government affairs duties related to the production, marketing, tax and sale of alcohol beverages.
A special focus will be on The Beer Act, a proposal that cuts in half the per-barrel tax on beer and offers bigger cuts to craft brewers.
Kit Bond is two-time Republican Governor and three-term Senator of Missouri, the US home of A-B, which spent $2.7M in nine-month DC lobbying outlays.
The St. Louis brewer is part of Anheuser-Busch InBev of Belgium.
Outgoing Colorado Democratic Senator Mark Udall introduced the Beer Act in 2013.
The Rocky Mountain State is home to Coors Brewing of Golden and numerous craft producers. Coors is part of Molson Coors of Toronto.
For A-B, Bond's former Senate communications director Shana Marchio will pencil in a schedule of educational meetings to build support for beer production from "seed to market," according to the federal lobbying filing.
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Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
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