The Hill
October 16, 2007
Washington, DC
• MINING: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s (R-Ill.) former counsel is lobbying for Active Control, a wireless communications firm based in Ontario. Ted Van Der Meid is listed on a Senate form filed by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. The firm also lists Mary Scott Greenwood as lobbying on mine safety legislation, technologies and safety standards for mine communications for Active Control.
• TAXES: The Carlyle Group has hired McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP to lobby on tax legislation regarding private equity firms and carried interest issues, a hot issue in Congress this year. Mac Campbell and Joseph Dowley are listed as lobbyists on the registration form, which describes the Carlyle Group as a private global investment firm.