Palestinians, Libya, Qatar go on lobbying binge
Some of last year’s biggest losers on Capitol Hill are spending big to avoid a repeat in 2015.
WASHINGTON — Middle Eastern nations that took a drubbing in the halls of Congress last year are beefing up their lobbying rosters in hopes of getting a better outcome in 2015.
The Palestinian Authority and its mission to the UN have hired two US firms to shore up Ramallah’s beleaguered Washington envoy in a bid to prevent threatened cuts to US aid.
