One of the year’s most dramatic lobbying victories came in the dead of the night when senators passed a measure paving the way for the Washington Commanders to potentially return to the capital city.
That win came after years of lobbying by the team, the National Football League, and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser to give the city control of the site of the former RFK Stadium from the federal government. The measure first hitched a ride on the year-end funding deal but then looked doomed after lawmakers stripped that deal down because of criticism from Republicans, billionaire businessman Elon Musk, ...