Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) are two big names among a group of new lobbyists joining the Sheldon Adelson-backed Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling.
A number of former congressional staffers will also lobby for the group.
The Coalition has hired the lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs, according to filed disclosures.
The group is lobbying in support of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, which would ban online gambling in the U.S.
The legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate and is cosponsored by a pair of GOP presidential candidates in the Senate–Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.).
Others lobbying for the coalition include David Schnittger, former deputy chief of staff for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), as well as Bret Boyles, Matthew Cutts and David Hoppe.
