Billy Tauzin will retire
 

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Frank Dresser

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:07:25 -0600, Frank Dresser wrote:

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Frank Dresser



So, I guess, there will be a new competition for the title of

"CongressCritter Who Has Sold Out to the Most Lobbyists".


I wouldn't even turn my back on that sleeze at a cocktail party.



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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:07:25 -0600, Frank Dresser wrote:


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Frank Dresser



So, I guess, there will be a new competition for the title of

"CongressCritter Who Has Sold Out to the Most Lobbyists".


I wouldn't even turn my back on that sleeze at a cocktail party.


Hey, now he'll be even more powerful in his quest to outlaw your VCR.. :(

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So, I guess, there will be a new competition for the title of

"CongressCritter Who Has Sold Out to the Most Lobbyists".


Word is, Billy Tauzin is leaving Congress to become a Lobbyist.


I wouldn't even turn my back on that sleeze at a cocktail party.


I wonder if Mr. Tauzin will do his lobbying with anything so last
century as a cocktail party. Perhaps he'll develop lobbying innovations
using BPL connections, ads on Clear Channel radio stations and
sellphones.

Frank Dresser
Frank Dresser

It's about friggin' time. Good riddance.
Linus

Word is, Billy Tauzin is leaving Congress to become a Lobbyist.

Yeah, for a phamaceutical company. Of course, he was the one who pushed for the
new Medicare drug "benefits."

Bill, K5BY

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Yeah, for a phamaceutical company. Of course, he was the one who
pushed for the
new Medicare drug "benefits."

Bill, K5BY

Let's give Lobbyist Tauzin the credit he deserves. He's had a
successful career as a congressman and he's not forgetting where he came
from. He'll be spending his retirement generously giving back to his
community.

Frank Dresser

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Word is, Billy Tauzin is leaving Congress to become a Lobbyist.

Yeah, for a phamaceutical company.


Not a company, but a trade group. His pay is said to be $2.5 million per year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ml?nav=hptoc_p


Tauzin Expected To Leave House For Trade Group
Lawmaker Declined Hollywood Job

By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, January 24, 2004; Page E01

Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-La.) is close to a decision to leave
Congress to head the pharmaceutical industry's trade association after
turning down an offer from Hollywood to succeed Jack Valenti as the
movie industry's top lobbyist, sources in Washington and California
said yesterday.
.....

Tauzin chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees
the telecommunications, media and entertainment industries. Most
recently, however, he was one of the principal authors of the Medicare
prescription drug bill that included several provisions expected to
vastly expand the market for prescription drugs among the elderly. In
addition to adding hundreds of billions of dollars for drug benefits,
the law bars the federal government from directly bargaining down the
price of drugs, a provision PhRMA pressed for.

PhRMA made a run at Tauzin in recent days and offered a compensation
package that, if Tauzin accepts it, "would be the biggest deal given
to anyone at a trade association," a source said.
.....

He isn't worth the price of a bullet to wipe his nose with.

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Not a company, but a trade group. His pay is said to be $2.5 million
per year.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ml?nav=hptoc_p

Hasn't the trade group heard of the "New Economy"? Why, 2.5 million
would buy hundreds of "Guest Lobbyists"!

Frank Dresser