DeLay Chief Staffer To Lobby For Time-Warner-CNN

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I heard this briefly mentioned on C-SPAN this morning. Someone asked if this is part of DeLay's plan to put his people in key lobbying positions...

Berry Set to Leave DeLay for Time Warner
By John Bresnahan
Roll Call Staff
September 12, 2005

Tim Berry, chief of staff to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, is leaving the Texas Republican’s office to become a top lobbyist for media giant Time Warner.

http://www.rollcall.com/pub/51_20/news/10433-1.html

I don't have a subscription...but I'm sure the DU sleuths can put some meat on these bones...

Cheers...

[Mika]

1. Lurching to the riech.

And many DUers thought that CNN was going to finally wake up..

Berry, 37, will depart DeLay’s office in early October. Brett Loper, DeLay’s deputy chief of staff for floor operations, will take over as the Texas Republican’s top aide.

Berry, who became DeLay’s chief of staff in August 2002, oversaw a turbulent period in the Majority Leader’s political career as DeLay faced repeated allegations of ethics violations, particularly about his relationship with former GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who recently was indicted in Florida on federal fraud charges. The House ethics committee is expected to begin a probe of several overseas trips that DeLay took with Abramoff in the next several months.

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Berry will become vice president of global public policy in Time Warner’s Washington office. He will report to Carol Melton, a former Federal Communications Commission official and Viacom executive.

Berry will lobby Congress and the Bush administration, as well as help the company interact with federal regulators on a number of policy issues. Chief among those will be the the debate over a new telecommunications bill. Time Warner is the parent company of Time Inc., Time Warner Cable, CNN, HBO, New Line Cinema, Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros.

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Berry said he had no intention of leaving DeLay’s office, but Time Warner officials approached him recently with an offer he couldn’t turn down. “Time Warner is an incredible company and I simply could not pass up the opportunity to join their team. It was the right job at the right time for both me and family,” Berry said.

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In August 2002, Berry moved up to chief of staff for the then-Majority Whip, and has been a part of the inner circle of House GOP leadership aides that includes such power players as Loper; Dan Flynn, another senior DeLay aide; Scott Palmer, chief of staff for Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.); Mike Stokke, Hastert’s political director; and Brian Gaston, chief of staff to Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).

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2. Right In Plain Sight

Read between the lines on this thing and you see how one hand washes the other.

Yep...CNN will nip now and then, but be assured when it really matters they pay back this regime and the Repugnicans for all their tax breaks and special legislation.

Sad there's nary a notice here....as this thread quickly thuds to oblivion.

Cheers and thanks for noticing...

[gollygee]

3. So much for an independant, free press.

*sigh*

[asjr]

4. Cronyism has become infectious.

[Mika]

5. For the evening crowd..

a big :kick:

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6. ohhhhh lovely...as if we didn't already have

nazi media!!

how sick can we be made?? how is this possible...pardon me while i go puke...:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

fly

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7. kick

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