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Article: Lobbyist gets a little help from friends. (former New York Representative and current lobbyist Thomas J. Downey is a close friend of Vice President Al Gore Jr.) (Column)
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- Insight on the News
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- April 25, 1994
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Are major corporations hedging their bets by hiring Vice President Al Gore's best friend as a lobbyist?
And why would the Clinton administration appoint this lobbyist to a bipartisan, high-ranking congressional commission on entitlement reform?
With his one-year lobbying ban barely over, former New York Rep. Thomas J. Downey has rushed back through the revolving door and signed on to lobby Congress for some of America's biggest and best-known corporations. What makes Downey's new career so interesting is also what makes him so attractive to his new clients: His connections with the administration run deep.
Downey always has been vocal about his ...