Annapolis and Washington, from the inside.
Government affairs, issue advocacy and political fundraising for organizations that cannot afford to be misunderstood. Thirty years of relationships, working on your behalf.
Legislation moves quickly and quietly. The firms that win are the ones already in the room, already trusted, and already counting votes.
What we do
Four disciplines, practiced together, with a working focus on real estate, housing, insurance and energy. Most engagements draw on more than one, and all of them run through the same desk.
State Government Affairs
Direct representation before the Maryland General Assembly, the Governor's office and the state agencies that write the regulations afterward.
Bill drafting and amendment language, committee testimony, vote counting, and the daily presence in Annapolis that a ninety-day session demands.
Federal Advocacy
Representation on Capitol Hill and before federal agencies — appropriations requests, regulatory comment, and the sustained member and staff engagement that matters most between sessions.
Federal work is a long game. We keep your name in front of the people who will need it later.
In collaboration with former Congressman Dennis Cardoza. Where a federal engagement calls for it, Line Honors works alongside Dennis Cardoza Consulting Services on joint proposals and shared representation. Jamie Gregory serves as a Senior Advisor to the firm.
Issue Advocacy & Coalitions
Building and running the coalitions that carry an issue further than any single organization can. Message development, grasstops and grassroots mobilization, and third-party validation.
A position is more persuasive when it arrives from six directions at once.
PAC & Political Fundraising
Compliant PAC formation and administration, event strategy and donor cultivation for candidates, trade associations and corporate giving programs.
Structured properly from day one, so the program never becomes the story.
Selected results
Three decades of legislative and regulatory outcomes, in Washington and in Annapolis.
- Historic preservation easements protected in the SECURE Act.
- Real estate provisions defended in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
- A real estate licensee exclusion from CFPB oversight won in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.
- Nationally chartered banks kept out of the real estate brokerage business.
- Army Corps of Engineers flood control funding and federal highway reconstruction dollars secured for a large local jurisdiction.
- Support built for the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit.
- Real estate transactions included in federal electronic signature law.
- Remote online notarization legislation passed.
- Legislation to eliminate the use of corrugated stainless steel tubing in Maryland defeated.
- Centralized collection of local hotel rental taxes by the Comptroller passed.
- An industry and advocate coalition organized to oppose an increase in the real estate document filing fee.
- Maryland's Captive REIT code updated and modernized.
These outcomes span three decades of federal and state practice, including advocacy led at the National Association of Realtors and at Calfee, Halter & Griswold before Line Honors was founded.
Thirty years, one seat at the table
Jamie Gregory
Founder & President
Jamie Gregory has spent more than three decades in every corner of government affairs — lobbying at the federal and state levels, issue advocacy, PAC fundraising and electoral campaigns. Clients hire Line Honors for that judgment, and they get it directly.
There is no account team here and no handoff after the pitch. The person who takes your call in July is the person leading your advocacy efforts in February.
Before founding the firm he spent five years as Lead Principal for Federal Issues at Calfee, Halter & Griswold, and twenty-five years at the National Association of Realtors as Vice President and Deputy Chief Lobbyist, running Congressional affairs, grassroots, issue advocacy, independent expenditure and government affairs communications. Earlier he led government affairs for the Maryland Association of Realtors and served on the senior staffs of a Prince George's County Executive and a Member of Congress.
B.A. Government & Politics, University of Maryland College Park · Realtor Association Certified Executive, NAR · Public Policy Certification, National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics · Professional Lobbying Certificate, Association of Government Relations Professionals
Clients
Current and former engagements, at Line Honors and at prior firms.
Federal
Current- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
- Lifebanc
- National Association of Realtors
- American Seniors Housing Association
- The GBX Group
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- KeyBank
- City of Cincinnati
- Columbus Partnership
- Applied Technology
Maryland
Current- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
- Airbnb, Inc.
- First American Title Insurance Company
- Omega Flex, Inc.
- Consumer Action for a Strong Economy
- Maryland Association of Realtors
- Leda Health
- Altisource, Inc.
The Community Tax Coalition
Jamie Gregory serves as President of the Community Tax Coalition, a national organization opposing real estate transfer tax increases by state and local governments across the country.
It is one of two national projects the firm carries — and a working example of how Line Honors builds a coalition, holds it together, and keeps an issue alive between sessions.
Let's talk before the session starts
The best time to shape a bill is long before it is filed. Tell us what you are watching and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
Call (202) 841-3567