Word: lobbyists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...million, the Republicans $400 million in the most expensive presidential campaign in history, a race fully twice as expensive, if only half as suspenseful, as the last one. There seemed to be no rules, no limits, no penalties: no handshake or photograph that was not auctioned off to a lobbyist or a casino owner. One day last week, two Democratic lobbyists ran into each other near the FBI Building. One, who works for a major oil corporation, said in exasperation, "We've given $100,000 a year to the Democratic Party for a long time. We used...
After 2 1/2 hours, the meeting broke up with no formal decision. Clinton, Gore and chief of staff Leon Panetta went into the Oval Office; a bit later Reed and John Hilley, the President's top lobbyist to Congress, were summoned. Clinton asked a few more questions. Then he said, "Let's do it," and, rising from his chair, declared, "I want to sign it." Gore patted his shoulder and said, "I know that was tough...
Fitz-Gerald hopes her position as Jefferson County clerk will give her enough leverage to unseat a six-term incumbent. She says her tenure was marked by strict fiscal responsibility, and she cites her refusal to honor a $37,000 contract two outgoing commissioners had awarded to a lobbyist friend. In Washington she says she will fight for student loans, "vital social programs" and Medicare...
Carmichael, an Indiana Gas Co. lobbyist, wants to stop what he sees as a G.O.P. assault on working families. He promises to protect Medicare, Social Security, Head Start, college loans and the environment. But he also pledged not to run a negative campaign, then blasted incumbent McIntosh for his Medicare vote [see issues page] and charged him with taking campaign contributions from "fat cats...
BORN: Sept. 16, 1950, Washington EDUCATION: Ohio Wesleyan U, B.A., 1972 FAMILY: Widowed; four children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Public affairs executive; lobbyist POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 400 Broadway, Room 326, Cape Girardeau...