Revolving Door Watch

The Hill:

Senate GOP veteran Rob Epplin has launched his own lobbying and consulting firm.

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The firm Epplin Strategic Planning was born, Epplin says, mostly "to answer the question: ‘Can I do this on my own?'"

In his first weeks, he registered the Human Rights Campaign and the National Association of Broadcasters--two clients he worked with at Gephardt Government Affairs.

After retiring from Capitol Hill in 2012, Epplin faced a “cooling off” period--required by ethics laws--in which he could not lobby his former colleagues. During this time, he and Gephardt traveled and met potential clients.

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Epplin served as a legislative director for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for three years and worked in several policy areas including appropriations, defense, tax and financial issues.

Quote of the Day

Sen. Susan Collins:

"It did not seem to me to be appropriate for us to be writing the ayatollah at this critical time during the negotiations."

Quote of the Day

Sen. Susan Collins on the prospects for immigration reform in the current session of Congress:

At this point, we have a lot of other issues to do.