Washington has 13,000 lobbyists. You need a counselor.

Apollo Counsel is a federal government relations firm in Washington, D.C. The firm represents companies, trade associations, and organizations before Congress and federal agencies. Its principal, Andy Jones, is a lawyer who served as Legislative Director and Counsel to Rep. Ben Ray Luján — then a Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and House Democratic leadership but now a U.S. Senator on the Finance, Commerce, and Agriculture Committees — and has spent years since at two of Washington’s largest government affairs firms.

Most firms sell access. Access gets you a meeting.

Then what?

Apollo Counsel is built for the “then what” — the legislative craft that turns a meeting into a provision, a request into a report line, a problem into a solution.

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Legislative Strategy

Moving, amending, or stopping legislation — committee strategy, member engagement, and bill text read line by line, because that’s where the outcomes hide. Includes the agency engagement that a Hill strategy depends on.

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Appropriations

Funding requests prepared properly and worked through both chambers’ subcommittees, on the calendar the process actually runs on.

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Oversight Response

When a committee letter arrives, the response is both legal and political. Counsel experience on the receiving end of the process informs every reply.

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Monitoring & Intelligence

A standing watch on the floor schedule, committees, and dockets that touch your interests — filtered by counsel, not keyword alerts, and briefed before the trade press.

The First Call

Not sure which of these you need? That conversation is free, candid, and short. If the right answer is a bigger firm or no firm at all, you’ll hear that too.

Issue Areas

The federal issues the firm works on most.

Technology & Telecommunications Health Energy & Environment Agriculture Financial Services Transportation Tax & Trade Appropriations Oversight

This Week on the Hill

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2, 2026

Highlights on the agenda for this week in Washington

The House is out of session this week and returns Monday, November 9.

FLOOR · MON-FRI

The Senate is out of session this week and returns Monday, November 9.

FLOOR · MON-FRI

General Election Day: midterm elections for the full House and one-third of the Senate.

ELECTION · TUE

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in its November session, including Maxwell v. Dinis on Monday, Guerrero v. Johnson on Wednesday, and Crowther v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on Friday.

SPECIAL · MON-FRI

Recent Insights

Short analysis of what they’re talking about in the Longworth cafeteria

Aftershocks: the Lame Duck AgendaNOVEMBER 4, 2026
Twelve Days Out: The Map Moved. Follow the Money.OCTOBER 22, 2026
The push for federal surveillance pricing standardsOCTOBER 14, 2026

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