Anthony is a Senior Vice President on ML Strategies’ federal advocacy team in Washington, DC. He works with clients to develop and implement effective messaging and legislative strategy. Anthony helps clients navigate the Congress and administration in pursuit of policy objectives and federal funding, as well as through congressional inquiries.

For well over a decade, Anthony has been working with Congress, the bureaucracy, and the media to advance client interests. He has represented major multi-national corporations, start-ups, non-profit organizations, industry coalitions, and labor unions from most major sectors of the economy. Anthony works extensively in health care, both reimbursement and regulation. He also represents clients in transportation, infrastructure, defense, technology, and manufacturing on issues including taxation, trade, and federal appropriations.

Prior to joining ML Strategies, Anthony served in government affairs and public relations roles at firms in Washington and Boston. He is active in Democratic politics, particularly in his home state of Massachusetts.

House Republicans Reverse Course on Earmarks, Congressionally Directed Spending is Back

March 18, 2021 | Blog | By Frank C. Guinta, Anthony DeMaio

Since the Democrats reclaimed control of the House of Representatives in 2018, barrels of ink have been spilled on the topic of “congressionally-directed spending”. Better known as earmarks, this funding mechanism allows Members of Congress to send money directly to projects identified in their districts, largely bypassing the federal bureaucracy and its protracted grant application process. For more than a decade, the Congress has banned the practice of including congressionally-directed funding in spending bills. Now, Democrats in control of both chambers and the White House are poised to bring earmarks back. On March 17th, House Republicans voted to reverse the GOP Conference’s ten year-old ban on congressionally directed spending, paving the way for Members from both parties to make requests in upcoming spending and infrastructure bills.

February 18, 2021 | Webinar | By Joanne Hawana, Anthony DeMaio

In this fireside discussion, Mintz attorney Joanne Hawana and Aaron Josephson and Anthony DeMaio from ML Strategies explored policy activities that will likely have the greatest impact on stakeholders in 2021, and how the new Administration may impact the FDA in the year ahead and beyond.

February 16, 2021 | Blog | By Anthony DeMaio, R. Neal Martin

Last week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions voted 18-4 to advance Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s nomination for labor secretary. The bipartisan approval signals a non-controversial confirmation vote of the full Senate. When that occurs, Secretary-designate Walsh will take over a department that is front and center in the nascent Biden administration. Executing White House priorities including the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, and reversing certain Trump era actions, will soon be Walsh’s responsibility. His experience in Massachusetts politics gives a sense of how Walsh will approach his new post.

February 4, 2021 | Blog | By Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, R. Neal Martin, Anthony DeMaio

With Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, Congress and President Biden’s new administration are working to quickly advance proposals to provide for economic relief as the nation continues to reel from the now nearly one-year pandemic. One area of emerging bipartisan focus is a long-sought measure to address the nation’s crumbling and outdated infrastructure, which could be paired with a required surface transportation reauthorization bill.

November 23, 2020 | Blog | By Alexander Hecht, Anthony DeMaio, Tara E. Dwyer

With the presidential transition underway, we now look forward to what the Biden administration will seek to accomplish, particularly in the realm of health care policy.

November 10, 2020 | Blog | By Anthony DeMaio

Read about the Massachusetts congressional delegation to the 117th Congress, their current and potential committee assignments, and possible policy implications.

November 10, 2020 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin, Robert Kidwell, Alexander Hecht, Anthony DeMaio

Read about the post-election impact on international trade matters and the incoming administration's influence on the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS).

October 7, 2020 | Blog | By Alexander Hecht, Anthony DeMaio

July 2, 2020 | Blog | By Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin, Anthony DeMaio

March 19, 2020 | Blog | By Anthony DeMaio

The response to the coronavirus situation is fluid and fast-moving – particularly by Congress’ standards. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, three phases of legislation have been considered in Congress: Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act (signed into law March 6th); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (signed into law March 18th); and a large ($1 trillion+) economic recovery package (currently being drafted). This post provides details about these legislative efforts and other recent actions by the White House to address the coronavirus pandemic.

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ML Strategies Announces Promotion of Taylor Shepherd and Anthony DeMaio

July 02, 2024

ML Strategies announced the promotion of Taylor Shepherd to Vice President of Government Relations and Anthony DeMaio to Senior Vice President.

Senate Confirms Walsh as Labor Secretary; Janey Becomes Acting Boston Mayor

March 23, 2021

In an article published by The Boston Globe, Director of Government Relations at ML Strategies Anthony DeMaio was quoted in response to the Senate’s recent confirmation of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh as Secretary of the Department of Labor. In addition to pandemic response, Mr. DeMaio emphasized the importance of Walsh working to restore credibility and confidence in the department, particularly in enforcement.