John David Hoppe (born August 25, 1951) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as Chief of Staff for U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Education
Hoppe earned a B.A. in Government from the University of Notre Dame and a M.A. in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.[1][2][9]
Career
Reagan Administration
Hoppe was involved in crafting several of Ronald Reagan's tax cuts, including the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981,[7] which was the biggest tax cut of the 1968–2006 period,[10] the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981,[7] and the Tax Reform Act of 1986,[7] which is noted for reducing the top individual tax rate to 28% and lowered corporation income taxes to 34%,[10] and is cited for having increased income inequality between 1984–1989, where the top one percent of income earners received 8.4% of national income, while in 1989, it increased to 13.5%.[11]
Quinn Gillespie & Associates
From June 2003–October 2011,[12] Hoppe worked for the lobbying powerhouse group, Quinn Gillespie & Associates, having ended serving as President.[5]
Chief of Staff to the Senate Republican Whip
From October 2011–January 2013, Hoppe served as the Chief of Staff to the Senate Republican Whip, Jon Kyl.[4][5][12]
Bipartisan Policy Center
Since April 2013, Hoppe has served as the Senior Advisor to Bipartisan Policy Center.[5][12]
Hoppe Strategies
Registered on April 25, 2013,[13] and operating since July 2013, Hoppe has owned his own firm, Hoppe Strategies,[14] based out of Virginia,[citation needed] in which he serves as President.[5][7][12] His firm has lobbied on behalf of Ford Motor Company since it began in 2013, and has lobbied on behalf of Delta Air Lines and MarkLogic Corporation since 2015.[15]
Lobbying
Hoppe has a history of government lobbying,[3] which has called into question whether the choice of a lobbyist as Paul Ryan's Chief of Staff is another move toward the K Street Project,[16][17] and has resulted in a petition against hiring corporate lobbyists into office.[18]
Hoppe represented Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire casino business magnate, on behalf of the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling.[8] The coalition was launched by Sheldon Adelson after his own company failed in its online gambling endeavor,[19] causing Adelson to claim that his "moral standard compels" him to take a stand against internet gambling.[8]
External links
References
- ^ a b "David Hoppe". OpenSecrets.
- ^ a b "About". Hoppe Strategies.
- ^ a b "Lobbyist: Hoppe, John David". Sunlight Foundation. 5 November 2016.
- ^ a b Beckel, Michael (24 October 2011). "Lobby Boom Dot-Com, Nevada GOP Sets Caucus Date and More in Capital Eye Opener: Oct. 24". OpenSecrets.
- ^ a b c d e "Hoppe, David". OpenSecrets.
- ^ Fang, Lee (26 October 2015). "Paul Ryan's Pick for Chief of Staff Is the Kind of Lobbyist Tea-Partiers Hate". The Intercept.
- ^ a b c d e Costa, Robert (25 October 2015). "Paul Ryan taps GOP power broker David Hoppe for top job". Washington Post.
- ^ a b c Israel, Josh (26 October 2015). "Speaker Of The House Front-Runner Appoints Corporate Lobbyist As Chief-Of-Staff". Think Progress.
- ^ "David Hoppe". Bipartisan Policy Center.
- ^ a b Tempalski, Jerry. "OTA Papers: Revenue Effects of Major Tax Bills" (PDF). Treasury.gov.
- ^ Altig, David; Carlstrom, Charles T. (December 1999). "Marginal tax rates and income inequality in a life-cycle model" (PDF). The American Economic Review. 89 (5): 9, 1206. doi:10.1257/aer.89.5.1197. JSTOR 117054.
- ^ a b c d "Dave Hoppe". LinkedIn.
- ^ "Hoppe Strategies LLC: Business Entity Details". Virginia State Corporate Commission.
- ^ "Hoppe Strategies". Buzz File.
- ^ "Hoppe Strategies". OpenSecrets.
- ^ Arnsdorf, Isaac. "How Ryan came knocking for K Street's Hoppe". Politico.
- ^ Catherine, Ho. "Ryan speakership could herald new style for K Street lobbyists". Washington Post.
- ^ "Paul Ryan has Gone Too Far". Public Citizen.
- ^ Brodey, Sam (19 February 2015). "Casino Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Is Shocked—Shocked!—by Online Gambling". Mother Jones.