Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grease it like that any more," observes Michael Cole, chief lobbyist for Common Cause. "You don't have Ways and Means wired because you're a friend of Wilbur Mills." Or, more currently, Chairman Al Ullman, whose control over Ways and Means is greatly diminished. A decade ago, the A.F.L.-C.l.O.'s skilled lobbyist Andrew Biemiller would figure that any clear labor issue had roughly 180 votes for it and the same number against it. He and his aides had only to work on about 75 Congressmen, whom they rated as "leaners," for or against them or so uncertain...
...that fuzzing of ideological lines has complicated the lobbyist's life, it has also given him fertile ground in which to cultivate votes. So too has the decrease in White House leverage on Congress. This is partly due to the relative ineffectiveness of Carter's own lobbyists on the Hill. "I like Frank Moore," says one labor lobbyist about the President's chief congressional liaison, "but he's a greenhorn. He's lost in Congress." Carter's own mild approach to Congress is also at fault. Some veterans on the Hill vividly recall Lyndon Johnson's brutal lobbying as President...
...lobbyists in Washington have eagerly charged into the openings created by a weakened presidency and a more independent and less rigidly organized Congress. One of the most striking aspects of this new lobbying is the willingness of Big Business to join in. While corporations still somewhat squeamishly call their lobbyists "Government affairs specialists" or "Washington representatives," the fact that the heads of multi-billion-dollar firms are now willing to plead their causes personally shows their awareness that Government is not going to retreat from its intrusion into their corporate lives. "Fifteen years ago, the businessman was told that politics...
...group's policy committee convenes monthly in New York to stake out positions on pending legislation and plot strategies to influence the outcome. Often invited to the White House, the executives get their views across to the President. While in Washington, some stay on to buttonhole legislators. Says one lobbyist: "A Congressman is impressed by the head of a corporation coming in to see him. Before, it was below a businessman's dignity to do that...
When Walker opened his consulting and lobbying firm in 1973, clients flocked to his plush offices near the White House. He does not act as sole lobbyist for any of them; instead, he concentrates on tax matters. Walker's prime concern now is a reduction in the capital gains tax to encourage new investment. Says he: "Inflation is simply a situation where too much money is chasing too few goods. So you produce more. How? More capital formation, more plant and equipment." He began preparing for the fight in 1975, when he became head of the Washington-based American...