Sunday, February 27, 2011

OpenSecrets Blog: National Popular Vote Plan Pushers Hire New Lobbyists, Bring on Deep-Pocketed Help

"On Tuesday, National Popular Vote, which seeks to require the Electoral College to back the winner of the national popular vote, announced the support of billionaire New Yorker Thomas Golisano. According to a Center for Responsive Politics review of records filed with the U.S. Senate last week, the group also retained the lobbying services of Park Strategies, a decade-old lobbying shop founded by ex-Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.). ...In an interview with Gannett earlier this week, Golisano said his new role at National Popular Vote, a bipartisan nonprofit group, will be to meet with legislative leaders and governors across the country. He will also be providing financial support. In the Gannett interview, he declined to give an exact dollar amount, saying only that 'it's not an inexpensive proposition.'"
The entire article, with commenting, is at http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/02/national-popular-vote-plan-pushers-hire-new-lobbyists.html 
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