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Caught Our Eye

Former top Senate Republican aide weathers the lobbying world

Posted by Nate Hoffman on Oct. 25, 2013

A GOP Hill veteran is taking the lobbying world by storm, taking on the Weather Channel as a client.

Dave Schiappa worked in the Senate Republican Cloakroom, serving under Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky,). After leaving as Secretary for the Minority, Schiappa joined the Duberstein Group as a vice president in August.

His first disclosed client is The Weather Co., which provides customers with accurate meteorological information and forecast through the Weather Channel, Weather Underground and Intellicast.com. The firm is doing "legislative monitoring" and outreach related to a "carriage dispute," according to lobbying registration filings. The Weather Co. is owned by a consortium of NBCUniversal Media LLC, the Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.