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U.S. Chamber adds to already-massive team with GOP hire

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 2, 2021

The country's biggest lobbying group has coaxed another GOP staffer into its ranks.

Michael Richards joins the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this month as a policy director. The behemoth business group spent more than $28.8 million on federal lobbying in the first half of the year and keeps 80-some lobbyists on its staff at any given time.

Richards comes from the office of Rep. Scott Franklin (R-Fla.), where he was deputy cihef of staff and legislative director. He's also worked for now-retired Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas).