Saturday, February 27, 2016

Six years in Washington and Billy Long can't recognize lobbyists

The people handling financial disclosure reports for Seventh District Congressman Billy Long seem to have a hard time recognizing lobbyists.

Long's quarterly disclosure report, filed in January with the Federal Election Commission, features six instances in which the job of contributors could not be identified.

The six were labeled "information requested." Five of them were lobbyists and the sixth was an auctioneer. The five lobbyists contributed $5,500 to Long.

Long and/or his staff was unable to identify the occupations of the following contributors:

*Jeffrey Kimball- Kimball is the head of Jeffrey J. Kimball and Associates, a lobbying firm that represents medical and pharmaceutical interests. $2,000

*Tim McGivern- McGivern, a former lobbyist for AT&T, now works for the Ogilvy Group, which represents Ameren, AFLAC, AstraZeneca, AT&T, Pfizer, and Verizon.

*Daniel McCarthy- McCarthy lobbies for the Ingram Group, which represents energy interests. He was a former aide in the George W. Bush White House and a former Anheuser-Busch execuive. $1,000

*Christopher Giblin- You would think Long would definitely recognize this lobbyist who works for Ogilvy Government Relations, a firm that represents the Poker Player Alliance, AFLAC, AT&Tand Pfizer, among other clients. $1,000

*Tiffany Moore- Moore was recognized last year as the Government Relations Group's Lobbyist of the Year. $1,000

Long's report included plenty of donors that were instantly recognizable, including the following:

Windstream Corporation $2,000
Hunton & Williams (law firm that helps companies outsource jobs) $1,000
Fluor Corporation $1,500
National Beer Wholesalers $2,500
Anthem Insuracne $3,000
United Health Group, Inc. $2,500
Cerner $3,500
Dealers Election Action Committee $5,000
Honeywell $3,000
McDonald's $1,000
Boeing $10,000
Charter Communications $1,000
Auto Care Association $1,000
XCel Energy $1,000
United Technologies $1,000
Burns and McDonnell $1,000
Amgen $2,000
Biotechnology Industry Organization $3,500
Verizon $4,000
Exelon Corp. $2,000
Vertex Pharmaceuticals $1,000
National Cable and Telecommunication $3,500
Marathon Petroleum $2,500
National Emergency Medicine $3,500
Enterprise Holdings $5,000
Boeing $3,000
Bryan Cave $2,750
Koch Industries $500
BSNF Railway $2,000

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr. Billy, Mr. Billy let me buy your vote.
I'll give you a good time I'll buy you a coat
Never worry about it sir, no one can touch you
Take our money and vote as we say
It will be a good day for you it will be a good day!

Anonymous said...

And people keep voting for him. Maybe, just maybe, this next election people will wise up.

Anonymous said...

Evidently when Mr. Bill ran his "fed up" campaign, he was fed up with others rakin' in the dough.

Anonymous said...

He's done what he said he would, which is open up business opportunities; he just failed to mention he meant for himself.

Anonymous said...

If you do not like Billy, primary run against him. We need a conservative representative....not a democrat...

Anonymous said...

Aw maybe the Klan will run somebody against Billy this time. You are right we need a "real" Conservative and the best Conservatives are Klan Members.

Anonymous said...

I certainly hope comparing Billy to a democrat was done in parody. Same goes for any praise given to the Klan.

Anonymous said...

Not a bit of it, everyone knows that without the Klan's support, there would not be a Republican Party in Missouri.

Anonymous said...

I certainly don't know that. Please elaborate...

Anonymous said...

Without the Klan stirring the pot, you would not have the fear factor to use against the poor folks to make they think they need to keep you all in power.

Anonymous said...

Time for Boss Hog to go. He does nothing but spew the same hate, fear and ignorance that his owners tell him to. The Republican party better wake up and smell themselves. Time for a change.