A press release from the law firm Covington & Burling announces:
Senator Jon Kyl, who recently left Congress as the second-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, is joining Covington & Burling's global public policy and government affairs practice.
… the senator will focus on guiding clients on the policy aspects of tax, health care, defense, national security and intellectual property matters.
…Senator Kyl sat on the Senate Finance Committee, where he was the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service Oversight. The senator also served as the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism.
The senator will be resident in the D.C. office of the firm and work on the global public policy team alongside Mr. Bryant, Holly Fechner, vice chair of the practice and long-time aide to former Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and many others including: former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff; John Dugan, the former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency; Stu Eizenstat, who served in three American presidential administrations in roles that included ambassador to the EU; and former Ambassador John Veroneau, who served as deputy U.S. Trade Representative. …
News via the Washington Examiner's Timothy Carney, who keeps a close eye on the revolving door.