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April 14, 2009

100 Ex-Gov’t Staffers Working as Bank Lobbyists on Bailouts
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Mother Jones magazine is reporting top bailout recipients have
dispatched more than 100 past congressional staffers and ex-government
officials to shape the bailouts to their liking. One of Citigroup’s top
lobbyists, Jimmy Ryan, is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s former
chief counsel. Goldman Sachs has more than thirty ex-government
officials registered to lobby on its behalf, including former House
Majority Leader Richard Gephardt. In addition, ex-staffers for at least
ten members of the Senate Finance Committee have lobbied lawmakers on
behalf of big financial firms receiving billions of dollars of
government assistance.



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