The NFL's new top lobbyist is one of the architects of VAWA and former chief counsel

[cali]

to VP Biden.

The National Football League (NFL) has hired a former White House staffer who helped write the Violence Against Women Act to head up its Washington lobbying operation.

The addition of Cynthia Hogan comes amid mounting criticism of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for the league's handling of a domestic abuse incident involving former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice, who punched out his now-wife in a casino elevator.

Hogan could help the league deal with the criticism, given her background in writing one of the strongest domestic violence laws on the books.

She most recently served as a deputy assistant to President Obama and counsel to Vice President Biden, from 2009 to 2013. Back in the 1990s, she worked on the Senate Judiciary Committee with then-Sen. Biden (D-Del.) to craft the Violence Against Women Act, which bolsters funds for investigating and prosecuting charges of violent crime against women.

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http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbying-hires/217825-nfl-hires-new-top-lobbyist-amid-ray-rice-furor

[mythology]

1. It's a start

But not sufficient by itself.

[cali]

2. I don't think it's a start at all. Just a hired gun with credential

to make it look good. she's lobbying for the NFL, not changing it.