When John Podesta, a senior adviser to the president, spoke recently at the American Chemistry Council, the lobbying group gave him a letter to bring to his boss on the burden of regulations with the State of the Union address in mind.
“The timing was not accidental,” said Scott Openshaw, the Chemistry Council’s senior director of communications.
Lobbying and advocacy groups that span the policy and ideological spectrum, from the chemical industry to environmental organizations, are working to put pressure on the White House ahead of President Joe Biden’s speech next week.
Some industries and activists are seeking a mention ...