GOP senators’ landlord doubles as lobbyist chasing Senate votes for big business: report
Two Republican senators have been staying in Washington apartments owned by a lobbyist whose corporate clients have business on Capitol Hill, Politico reported Friday.
Sens. Jon Husted (R-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN) both rent from David Lugar, who runs The Lugar Group and co-chairs 535 Group. His clients include Meta, Boeing, and Wells Fargo. Lugar says the senators pay fair market rent and that he is seldom at the property. Neither he nor the senators’ offices would say what the rent is. Politico reports that no rule bars such an arrangement when the rent is at market rate.
Lobbying disclosures show Lugar’s clients have pushed a number of pieces of legislation related to banking, budget reconciliation, and cybersecurity, though it is unclear how involved Husted and Young have been in those specific bills....