The other day I was out for my morning walk when I noticed Foxy Loxy
hustling along the path. "Good morning," I said, tipping my Seattle
Mariners cap, "What's your hurry so early in the morning?"
"Well," chuckled Foxy, "The chickens are holding an election. Looks
like the Little Red Hen is out, and Chicken Little and her side kick
Henny Penny are taking over. I'm on my way to serve on their new
Platform Committee".
My mouth dropped open. "You? Henny Penny and Chicken Little are
asking you to serve on their Platform Committee?"
"Sure," Foxy grinned. "Wesley Weasel, Henry "Chicken" Hawk and I are
serving with two fat hens". Licking his lips he added, "Well, after
dinner I think we'll be serving with only one fat hen".
Carl Jarvis
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Hillary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz Pick Influence Peddlers to Guide
DNC Platform
Lee Fang Zaid Jilani
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May 25 2016, 3:29 p.m.
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Three professional influence peddlers, including a registered corporate
lobbyist, have been chosen by Hillary Clinton and Democratic National
Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., to serve on the
committee responsible for drafting the party’s platform.
The 15-member panel has six members chosen by Clinton, five chosen by Bernie
Sanders and four chosen by Wasserman Schultz.
Wendy Sherman and Carol Browner, two of the representatives chosen by
Clinton, work at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a “government affairs” firm
that was created in 2009 through a merger with Madeleine Albright’s
consulting company and Stonebridge International, a defense contractor
lobbying shop.
The website for the company touts its ability to win favors and influence
with government officials throughout the world on behalf of corporate
clients, from shaping regulatory standards in the U.S. for a European
automotive business to engaging “with the highest levels of the Saudi
government.” H.P. Goldfield, vice president at the firm, is a registered
lobbyist for the Saudi Arabian government.
The Albright Stonebridge Group did not respond to a request to provide a
client list. But recent reports reveal that the firm has been tapped in
recent months to work for Elliott Management, the hedge fund run by
billionaire Paul Singer, one of the most prolific donors to Republican Super
PACs.
Sherman, who took a hiatus from her work at Albright Stonebridge to work at
the State Department, filed an ethics disclosure in 2011 that revealed many
of her former clients, including Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Dow Chemical, the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Wasserman Schultz appointed Howard Berman, a former congressman who now
works at Covington & Burling as a lobbyist. Disclosures show he currently
represents the Motion Picture Association of America, the trade group for
the movie industry, on “intellectual property issues in trade agreements,
bilateral investment treaties, copyright, and related legislation.”
The picks stand in contrast to the slate chosen by the Bernie Sanders
campaign, which included environmentalist Bill McKibben, philosopher Cornel
West, and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
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May 25 2016, 3:29 p.m.
Three professional influence peddlers, including a registered corporate
lobbyist, have been chosen by Hillary Clinton and Democratic National
Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., to serve on the
committee responsible for drafting the party’s platform.
The 15-member panel has six members chosen by Clinton, five chosen by Bernie
Sanders and four chosen by Wasserman Schultz.
Wendy Sherman and Carol Browner, two of the representatives chosen by
Clinton, work at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a “government affairs” firm
that was created in 2009 through a merger with Madeleine Albright’s
consulting company and Stonebridge International, a defense contractor
lobbying shop.
The website for the company touts its ability to win favors and influence
with government officials throughout the world on behalf of corporate
clients, from shaping regulatory standards in the U.S. for a European
automotive business to engaging “with the highest levels of the Saudi
government.” H.P. Goldfield, vice president at the firm, is a registered
lobbyist for the Saudi Arabian government.
The Albright Stonebridge Group did not respond to a request to provide a
client list. But recent reports reveal that the firm has been tapped in
recent months to work for Elliott Management, the hedge fund run by
billionaire Paul Singer, one of the most prolific donors to Republican Super
PACs.
Sherman, who took a hiatus from her work at Albright Stonebridge to work at
the State Department, filed an ethics disclosure in 2011 that revealed many
of her former clients, including Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Dow Chemical, the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Wasserman Schultz appointed Howard Berman, a former congressman who now
works at Covington & Burling as a lobbyist. Disclosures show he currently
represents the Motion Picture Association of America, the trade group for
the movie industry, on “intellectual property issues in trade agreements,
bilateral investment treaties, copyright, and related legislation.”
The picks stand in contrast to the slate chosen by the Bernie Sanders
campaign, which included environmentalist Bill McKibben, philosopher Cornel
West, and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
Related:
• Democratic Convention Hosted by Republican Donors, Anti-Obamacare
Lobbyists
