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Quote
of
the
Day.
I
don’t
expect
the
chaotic
pace
will
slow
down
for
the
remainder
of
the
year.
—
Loren
Monroe,
a
principal
at
BGR
Group,
in
comments
given
to
Reuters,
on
the
record
revenue
top
D.C.
lobbying
firms
took
in
during
2025’s
third
quarter,
just
before
the
federal
government
shutdown.
BGR
Group
said
it
earned
$19.1
million,
while
several
Biglaw
firms
—
Akin
Gump,
Brownstein
Hyatt
Farber
Schreck,
and
Holland
&
Knight
—
also
reported
their
best
quarters
ever,
with
earning
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
federal
lobbying
revenue.
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