Bottom Line: Victoria’s Secret flirts with tax reform

Tax

​Victoria’s Secret hired Barnes & Thornburg LLP to lobby on tax reform issues, “including international and domestic tax policy.” One of the lobbyists on the account is John T. “Jack” O’Rourke, a longtime lawyer who worked in the 1980s as a professional staffer on the House Financial Services Committee and for the Securities Industry Association.

Finance

Citadel, the Miami-based hedge fund founded by Republican mega-donor Ken Griffin, hired 9th Street Strategies to lobby on issues related to capital markets and financial services. The lobbyist on the account is Ben ​Turner, former legislative counsel to Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), a member of the House Financial Services Committee. 

Guns

The gun violence prevention group ​Giffords hired Sunnyside Strategy to lobby on issues related to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System and budgets related to the FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, violence reduction programs and research on gun violence. The lobbyist on the account is Robin Lloyd, a former member of Giffords’s government affairs team who left last year to join Rational 360 as a senior vice president.

Law enforcement

The ​Orange County (Calif.) District Attorney’s Office hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lobby on issues related to its DNA program. Ed ​Pagano, who served as senior counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1997 to 2004, will work on the account.

Defense

Vector Defense hired Revere Federal Strategies to lobby on issues related to the annual defense authorization and appropriations bills for fiscal 2026. The lobbyist on the account is Eric ​Snelgrove, a former staff member with the House Armed Services Committee.