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Hillary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz Pick Influence Peddlers to Guide DNC
Platform
Lee Fang Zaid Jilani
Lee Fang, Zaid Jilani
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 partyâs 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 âgovernment affairsâ firm that was
created in 2009 through a merger with Madeleine Albrightâs 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 âwith the highest levels of the Saudi government.â 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 âintellectual property issues in trade agreements, bilateral
investment treaties, copyright, and related legislation.â
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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Hillary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz Pick Influence Peddlers to Guide DNC
Platform
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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 partyâs 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 âgovernment affairsâ firm that was
created in 2009 through a merger with Madeleine Albrightâs 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 âwith the highest levels of the Saudi government.â 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 âintellectual property issues in trade agreements, bilateral
investment treaties, copyright, and related legislation.â
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