2010 Press Articles
Roll Call
Bingel: Democrats Must Listen to the Voters They Lost
By Kelly Bingel
12/9/10
"Many writers have offered their views on why Democrats lost so many seats in Congress. As a Southerner who still defines herself as a Democrat despite being pro-life and fiscally conservative, I'm most concerned about why my party lost 23 seats in the South and 19 in the Midwest. It seems my party has forgotten how to talk to people like me." ...
CQ.com
Republicans Dust Off a Little-Used Tool to Go After Overhaul Rules
By Rebecca Adams
11/28/10
"Even if an attempt to use the CRA is not successful, it does, as Sen Enzi's attempt showed, provided another vehicle to highlight genuine concerns about a regulation," said Dean Rosen, partner at Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc., who served as the top health adviser to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn."...
The Daily Caller
Lobbying firms to watch in the next Congress
By Alexis Levinson
11/22/10
As would seem obvious, lobbyists are more popular when their party is in power. "As a bipartisan firm we've stayed quite busy tese past two years," said Bruce Mehlman, co-founder of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc., "but there's no doubt our Republicans' phones are ringing a lot more in November than they were in October."...
Roll Call
K Street Mixers in the Age of Tea Party Purity
By Kate Ackley
11/20/10
"Republican lobbyist Alex Vogel, a partner at Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, said too much is being made of the tug of war for new Members between remaining tea-party pure and getting cozy with Washington's power players."...
Phoenix Business Journal
Key Democrats backs repeal of 1099 paperwork burden
By Kent Hoover
11/19/10
"Republicans could, however, try to attack health care reform by denying the Obama administration funds to implement it. For example, the House could attach from using funds to enforce the individual mandate, said Dean Rosen..."
BNA
Republicans Likely to Target Individual Mandate, but Results Uncertain, Panel Says
11/13/10
Dean Rosen, a partner at the lobbying group Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti and former health care adviser to then-Senate Majority leader William H. Frist (R-Tenn.), said he does not think such a scenario would necessarily be problematic for Republicans, though, if they are serious about blocking the law and trying a different approach. "I'm not sure there's the huge political risk, except to the extent that it may raise costs under the current structure - but they don't buy into the current structure," he said.
Los Angeles Times
GOP is spoiling for a healthcare fight
By Noam N. Levey, Tribune Washington Bureau
11/15/10
"The next couple of years, in some ways, become about the 2012 elections, "Republican healthcare lobbyist Dean Rosen said last week at an Alliance for Health Reform briefing in Washington.
Medical Device Daily
Device tax seen as invisible in healthcare repeal efforts
By Mark McCarthy
11/15/10
Seconding that viewpoint, albeit with some reservations, was Dean Rosen, a partner with the lobbying firm of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti (MVC; Washington), who commented that the device tax issue "points out two interesting broader questions." One of these, he said is the question of how any changes to PPACA are presented. "How are they positioned?" in the public's view, he asked. He noted that Congress will not succeed in selling any changes to the public unless "a number of those industry fees...can be portrayed as things that are going to increase the cost of underlying products and hence boost healthcare insurance premiums or cost-sharing."
Politico
Republican Lobbyists on Rise Again
By Chris Frates
11/15/10
"Of course, some of the lobbying world's most recognizable names will very likely see a bump in buisness. After all, it doesn't hurt that Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti's Bruce mehlman cut his teeth as a general counsel to the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Republican Conference."
National Journal
No Safe Harbor: The new House will take aim at the health care law. But it's hardly clear the Senate can protect it.
By Matthew Dobias
11/6/10
"The Senate Finance Committee may not be a graveyard, but it is a place to be avoided," said Dean Rosen, a partner with Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti and the health care advisor to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. "Or it might be a place where things go for a hearing but never go beyond that."
PBS NEWSHOUR
What Does a GOP-Controlled House mean for Health Care Reform?
By Lea Winerman
11/4/10
Republicans hope that the congressional hearings they'll convene will "keep alive in minds of American people that this is a raw deal," says Dean Rosen, the former chief health care advisor to then-Senate Majority Leader Williams Frist, R-Tenn. "Because this really becomes about what happens after 2012, when the Republicans hope they can take over the Senate and Presidency."
MedPage Today
Republicans Look Likely to Win Control of House
By Emily P. Walker - Washington Correspondent
11/1/10
"It sure seems like Republicans have a good shot at taking the House, looks like they'll come close, but not quite take the Senate," predicted Dean Rosen, the former lead health advisor to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
SolveClimate News
Moderate Republican Who Voted "Yes" on Climate Law Is Brought Down in Delaware
By Elizabeth McGowan
9/15/10
"Whether enough tea party candidates will be elected in November and form a significant voting bloc that can away climate or energy is the $64,000 question," said Jon Hoganson, a former House staffer who is now a principal with the Washington lobbying firm Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc. "Right now, the Republican's feel..."
Washington Post
Republicans Ride the Tea PartyTiger
By Dan Balz
9/15/10
"In politics as in war, insurgencies are very hard to handle," said Republican Alex Vogel. "Just as GOP establishment candidates haven't figured out how to deal with it, I would argue that Democrats should take no comfort in [Tuesday's] results....I reject the argument that there is a tea party fighting against the Republican Party. The last time I checked, all of these candidates were running for the Republican primary. As long as they have an 'R' in front of their name on the ballot, I think it spells a rough November for Democrats."
National Academy of Social Insurance
MVC Partner, Dean Rosen, was named to a prestigious health care reform implementation panel
9.14.10
National Academy of Social Insurance PDF
msnbc.com
2012 already? Showcase previews GOP contest
Presidential hopefuls gather at Southern Republican Leadership Conference
By Mark Murray
3.9.10
"Presidential campaigns are organizational exercises," said Republican strategist Alex Vogel, who worked for Frist in 2006. If you can't organize to get your supporters to vote in the straw poll, he added, the it raises questions about your organizational skills.
Phoenix Business Journal
Business groups praise export plan, but want more
By Kent Hoover
2.12.10
"To double our exports, U.S. companies need worldwide operations and supply chains that span the globe," said Bruce Mehlman, the council's executive director. "Tax policies that increase the burden on U.S. companies' global operations make American workers less competitive and undermine export-led economic recovery."
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association Elects Stacey Rampy
By Jill Talley
2.2.10
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA) has elected Stacey Rampy, principal with Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc., to its Board of Directors.
"Stacey's substantive knowledge of health care issues and considerable public policy experience will help SCAA expand its legislative presence as we continue to raise awareness, create safer and healthier communities and work to eliminate unnecessary deaths from sudden cardiac arrest." said Rober J. Schriever, chairman of SCAA's board of directors.
As a principal at one of Washington, D.C.'s most highly regarded government affairs firms, Rampy builds bipartisan coalitions to enact or shape legislation, develop policy and provide regulatroy and strategic advice...
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Washington Post
Republican Brown beats Coakley in special Senate election in Massachusetts
By Paul Kane and Karl Vick
1.20.10
Alex Vogel, a GOP strategist, said the White House was right in dismissing Coakley as a "bad candidate".
"But that alone doesn't explain losing Ted Kennedy's Senate seat mere months after his death," Vogel said. "President Obama won the state by 26 points, and the entire congressional delegation is Democratic. What the Brown success tells me is that the electorate did not leave the Bush years liberalized; they left angry with bad and ineffective government."
Roll Call
Elite Lobbying Firms Posted Big Gains in 2009
By Anna Palmer
1.21.10
"I'm not sure that the normal 'this is an election year so we aren't going to be able to get a lot done' holds," said Alex Vogel of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc.
