Word: paster
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Deputy chief of staff John Podesta assembled the team, including former Clinton Hill lobbyists Howard Paster and Pat Griffin, as well as Tommy Boggs, the king of Washington lobbyists. In regular contact with lawmakers and their top staffs, members of the President's shadow lobbying enterprise are in a good position to test Clinton's fortunes. Separately, businessman Terry McAuliffe, Clinton's close friend and principal fund raiser, is known to have phoned hundreds of Democratic financial supporters to rally support for the President. They, in turn, are calling in their support to Democratic lawmakers. And it would be hard...
...Look but don't touch" was, in effect, the watchword of some of the President's political advisers, such as George Stephanopoulos and outgoing congressional liaison Howard Paster. Programs like Social Security and Medicare have been portrayed for decades as something that American workers had earned; trimming benefits for the affluent would be viewed as breaking a solemn social contract. (In truth, a recent Social Security beneficiary gets back what he paid with interest by age 71; anything after that is free). The Clinton political team believes the most serious problem is not Social Security but the runaway costs...
...Just when its gears seemed to be meshing smoothly, the Administration announced the resignation of two senior aides: Howard Paster, the President's chief congressional lobbyist, and Roy Neel, the deputy chief of staff. Both men said they were leaving because of the relentless pace of work in the Clinton White House. Paster has not disclosed his plans; Neel is reportedly considering a $500,000-a-year post with a telephone trade association...
White House lobbyist Howard Paster, meanwhile, has drafted Cabinet officers into a "shadow whip" system aimed at turning the undecided around. On "even" weeks, agency chiefs meet with three undecided members; on "odd" weeks, they are deployed to at least one fence-sitter's congressional district to make speeches, attract local press and provide "cover" for the lawmaker to vote...
Although the Vice President was never part of the Capitol Hill backslapping club, he was respected by most, and retains his power of persuasion there. One morning just as legislative director Howard Paster had got a difficult House Democrat on the line for the President, Gore walked in, took the phone and softened up the Congressman by reminding him of a fund raiser Gore had for him in 1988. Oftimes when congressional leaders call the Oval Office, Clinton uses the speakerphone and puts Gore on. In a walk-up to the first budget vote, Gore spent only five minutes...