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...investment group has discovered that global dealmaking these days is as much about cashing in on connections as it is about cash calculations. Rather than seeking big names with proven financial acumen, it is hiring high-profile power players who are better known for their policy expertise and political clout. And unlike other investment banks, it is based in Washington...
Reagan did what he could to help the American economy. He pursued policies that were certain to increase government revenues--and that were certain to pass. By avoiding deadlock on spending cuts, Reagan ensured himself political clout for his economic growth programs...
Ryan also put his political clout to use for the organization. When Facing History was denied funding by the Department of Education in 1988, Ryan testified before a Congressional committee on behalf of the group. Facing History now receives a $70,000 annual government grant to supplement its budget of $1.7 million...
Traditionally the krewes, which are responsible for arranging the Mardi Gras floats parades and other celebration, have had considerable social clout New Orleans...
...NASA. Superagent Mike Ovitz can't appoint a Supreme Court Justice (at least, we don't think he can). So the artists, most of them liberal Democrats, came to celebrate the politics of inclusion: after 12 years, or maybe 30, they were back on a party line to Washington clout...