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Heather Podesta
Heather Podesta is a Washington lobbyist married to fellow lobbyist Tony Podesta, brother to former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta.
While much of K Street has seen a dip during the recession, Tony Podesta has managed to buck the trend. His firm, the Podesta Group, has earned more in lobbying fees in nine months than it did in all of 2008, has nearly doubled its staff and is expanding its office space by one floor. It helps that Podesta is arguably the most recognizable Democratic name on the Washington lobbying scene. Podesta is modest about his success. In an interview...
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Techie lobbyist Tony Podesta painted his 65th birthday party red at the National Museum for Women in the Arts. For his big night Friday, the K Street king was not particular about gifts. All he wanted were shoes, old or new, for the Soles4Souls shoe ...
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From search.live.com
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Tony Podesta, the California stem cell agency's man on the Potomac, is making news again, largely for flashy fundraising and access to the Obama White House.Podesta was hired as a federal lobbyist by CIRM last February under a 10-month, $240,000 contract. California state agencies, rarely if ever, hire federal lobbyists, although the state does maintain a lobbyist on the state payroll in
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From californiastemcellreport.blogspot.com
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The White House on Friday released information from its visitor logs for the first six months of the administration.
Among those that visited the White House were Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, which had been a key group in helping get out the vote for President Obama last November, and lobbyist duo Tony and Heather Podesta. John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress, who also led Obama's transition...
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From undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com
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Patton Boggs has managed to stay well ahead of the rest of K Street in 2009. The firm's more than 100 lobbyists posted fee income of $29.2 million for the first nine months of the year, which is about $6 million more than its closest competitor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld which posted lobbying fee income of $23.6 million.
A few notables on the list: the fastest growing firms included Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta's firm, the Podesta...
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From undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com
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Prolific fundraisers, lobbyists and celebrities were among those who visited the White House during President Obama's first nine months in office, according to records released Friday evening. Entertainers including Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney, top fundraisers such as Hill Harper, and lobbyists like Tony Podesta and Steve Elmendorf were among those admitted to the White House, according to the records, the first installment to be released...
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From washingtontimes.com
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Prolific fundraisers, lobbyists and celebrities were among those who visited the White House during President Obama's first nine months in office, according to records released Friday evening. Entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney, top fundraisers such as Hill Harper, and lobbyists such as Tony Podesta and Steve Elmendorf were among those admitted into the White House, according to the records, the first installment to be...
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