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Before Jeffrey Shockey worked for one of the most powerful committees in Congress, he was a lobbyist at one of the more successful boutique lobbying firms in Washington. Before that, you guessed it, he worked for one of the most powerful committees in Congress. In fact, Shockey, 40, has breezed so smoothly through the revolving door between Congress and the lobbying world that, critics say, it's hard to tell where one job begins and the other ends...
...time when the excesses of the Jack Abramoff scandal have prodded Congress to at least go through the motions on lobbying reform, the dizzying merry-go-round of staffers like Shockey show just how hard it is to really change the way things are done on Capitol Hill. Granted, many lobbyists chase pork and members of Congress regularly exchange favors with webs of family and ex-aides. But Shockey's straddling of K Street and Capitol Hill is particuarly poignant and visible-even if, as in most cases, his lawyer and spokesman say it is all perfectly legal...
...Shockey's career is a case study in how the game works. When he left Capitol Hill for the lobbying world in 1999-after spending more than eight years working for Rep. Jerry Lewis, a Republican from California who had chaired key subcommittees-many of his new clients, including muncipalities, hospitals and lesser-known universities, were from Lewis's district. After years of getting paid to represent them on the Hill, he was now getting paid a lot more to represent them on the Hill...
...game, No. 8 Miami was trailing No. 1 FSU, 24-20. UM quarterback Ken Dorsey calmly marched his team from its own 32-yard line down the length of the field ala Gino Torretta. Dorsey capped the drive with a 13-yard TD pass to tight end Jeremy Shockey with 46 seconds left...
Although there is no professional women'shockey league, it is doubtful that Mleczko'scareer is over. She will try out for the UnitedStates National Team, which plays in the ThreeNation's Cup and World Championships...