DDU Alumni Update: DDU Alum Complete Their Degree In Washington Insider Studies As They Graduate To Lobby Their Old Pals
January 6, 2012
| DDU Alum Complete Their Degree In Washington Insider Studies As They Graduate To Lobby Their Old Pals After America fired them from their jobs in Congress due to their reckless spending and job-killing policies, these defeated Democrats have found a new, more fitting position in Washington: “For nearly 100 ex-Members of Congress who were wiped out in the 2010 elections or who left office on their own terms, the shackles came off this week. They are now free to lobby on Capitol Hill. Many of these former lawmakers already went to work on K Street while still under their bans, but until Wednesday they had to carefully navigate client relationships without running afoul of the law. … When Idaho voters left Walt Minnick without a job after the 111th Congress, the Democrat set up his own government affairs shop, the Majority Group, with his former chief of staff, Rob Ellsworth. … Other ex-Members whose bans expired this week include Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), who is now with Alston + Bird; Venable’s Bart Stupak (D-Mich.); John Tanner (D-Tenn.) of Prime Policy Group; Husch Blackwell’s Ike Skelton (D-Mo.); Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-S.D.), now with Olsson Frank Weeda; Manatt Phelps & Phillips’ Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.); and Vigor Industrials’ Brian Baird (D-Wash.).” (Kate Ackley, “Former Lawmakers Defeated in 2010: You May Now Lobby,” Roll Call, 1/6/2012) |