Business for Republican-leaning lobbying firms has grown this year, despite lobbying revenue declining for many on K Street.
Several shops with ties to GOP leadership in the House and Senate have signed up new clients and seen their revenue grow in the first half of the year. Lobbying has risen by almost half for some, nearly doubling for others.

Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock has reported making more than $5.2 million in lobbying fees so far this year, according to disclosure records. That’s a 44 percent jump from the $3.6 million it had taken in at this point in 2010.

‘A lot of it is new business combined with the existing book of business that has stayed with us,