Washington and Richmond

Henshaw Tolliver

Government relations

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The mansard roofs and chimneys of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, with the Washington Monument behind.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building (formerly the Old Executive Office Building), Washington, D.C.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress

Bipartisan, since 2012

Federal and Virginia advocacy.

For companies, associations and nonprofits. We lobby Congress, federal agencies and the Virginia General Assembly.

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Call (202) 555-0164

On the calendar

  1. Third-quarter federal lobbying reports (LD-2) due

  2. Virginia General Assembly convenes

Policy calendar 

Who we work with

Companies

Companies

Legislation, appropriations and agency rules that touch your business.

Government relations for companies 

Associations

Trade and professional associations

We work alongside your staff, from fly-ins to testimony.

Services for associations 

Nonprofits and localities

Nonprofits, universities and localities

Federal funding requests, grants and the rules attached to them.

Services for public-purpose clients 

Disclosure

Who we represent is public.

Federal and Virginia law require us to register every client we lobby for. This site names no clients. The filings do.

Issues we work on

All issues 

  1. Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station, Washington. Photo: Andy Feliciotti on Unsplash

    Transportation and infrastructure

    Surface transportation bills, transit, ports and aviation.

  2. Photo: Tasha Kostyuk on Unsplash

    Health care

    Medicare and Medicaid payment, public health and drug pricing.

  3. Photo: Anton Dmitriev on Unsplash

    Energy and environment

    Permitting, utilities, grid reliability and water.

Also

Our people

Former staff of Congress, federal agencies and the Virginia legislature, from both parties.

Our principals and directors 

  • Founding principal

    Carol Henshaw

    Appropriations and budget

    Before the firm: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations staff

  • Founding principal

    Mark Tolliver

    Transportation and infrastructure

    Before the firm: U.S. Department of Transportation legislative affairs

Policy updates

All policy updates 

A fountain and spring flowers in a park in Richmond, with a white columned building behind the trees.
Richmond, VirginiaPhoto: Kellie Shannon on Unsplash

The firm

  1. 2012Carol Henshaw and Mark Tolliver open the firm in Washington.
  2. 2017The Richmond office opens, a short walk from Capitol Square.
  3. TodayThe principals and directors on our people page lead every client team, which includes people who have worked for both parties.

About the firm 

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  1. Tell us the issue, the committee or agency and your timeline.
  2. We check for conflicts first.
  3. A principal replies with an approach and who would do the work.