[big campaign] PMUSA Helps McCain's Advisors Fill Out Their Lobbyist Disclosure Forms

From:evale@progressivemediausa.org To: bigcampaign@googlegroups.com Date: 2008-05-16 13:00 Subject: [big campaign] PMUSA Helps McCain's Advisors Fill Out Their Lobbyist Disclosure Forms

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* May 16, 2008 *CONTACT:* Eddie Vale: 202-609-7692 *PROGRESSIVE MEDIA USA HELPS SENATOR MCCAIN'S ADVISORS FILL OUT THEIR LOBBYIST DISCLOSURE FORMS* *Senator McCain Has 115 Lobbyists Working or Fundraising for Him * (Washington, DC) - In the wake of the resignations of two McCain associates who had lobbied for the oppressive regime of Myanmar, Senator McCain's staff has now been asked to fill out a questionnaire disclosing their lobbying activities. Progressive Media USA has been working to highlight for the media extensive ties of conservative leaders to lobbyists. Completed forms for Charlie Black, Rick Davis, Tom Loefler, Peter Madigan, and John Green can be found at www.mccainsource.com<http://action.progressivemediausa.org/page/m/5776c18dec30f26d/HZzzPq/VEsH/> Senator John McCain has at least 115 lobbyists on staff or fundraising for him - check out www.mccainsource.com<http://action.progressivemediausa.org/page/m/5776c18dec30f26d/HZzzPq/VEsE/>for more information on these lobbyists. *McCain Staff Lobbyist Survey* *NAME: Charlie Black_________________________________________________* *CAMPAIGN ROLE: Senior Political Adviser______________________________* *Have you ever registered as a federal lobbyist?* Yes *Have you ever been a registered foreign agent?* Yes *Please list all of the foreign governments, political and other interests you lobbied for:* Jonas Savimbi (leader of UNITA rebels in Angola) Stepan Matirosyan (Armenia) News Corp. (Australia) Government of the Bahamas Government of the Barbados Government of Bermuda Horsahm (Canada) Nordion International (Canada) Forest Product Association of Canada Chinese National Off-Shore Oil Corporation Noemi Sanin (Colombia) Institute for Financial and Fiscal Studies of Curacao Government of Cyprus Government of the Republic of Djibouti Government of the Dominican Republic Government of Ecuador Government of El Salvador Executive Hydroelectric Commission of the Lempa River (El Salvador) Government of Equatorial Guinea Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. (Great Britain) National Convention for Reconstruction and Development (Great Britain) Government of Greece Government of Haiti Embassy of the Republic of Iraq Vittoria Consultants (Isle of Man) Magal Security Systems Ltd. (Israel) Fiat Ferroviaria (Italy) Eitaro Itoyama (Japan) Government of Kenya Intercultural Association of Korea Korea Silo Company, Ltd. Adcom Group (Lebanon) Government of Liberia Maldives Democratic Party Government of Nigeria His Excellency Ibrahim Sarninu Turaki, Governor, Jigawa State, Nigeria Minpeco U.S.A. Inc. (Peru) Government of Peru Union for National Action (Philippines) Chamber of Philippine Manufacturers, Exporters & Tourism League of Leaders for Philippine Development Luso American Foundation for International Relations (Portugal) Russian Information Agency Government of Somalia Government of St. Lucia Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. (Taiwan / China) Thailand Government of the Republic of Togo Agency for Humanitarian Technologies (Ukraine) Government of Zaire *Please list any clients you think could potentially cause a conflict of interest for the McCain Campaign:* Yukos Oil Philip Morris JP Morgan Johnson & Johnson G-Tech United Technologies Washington Mutual Bank U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Occidental Petroleum Group Accenture Fluor AT&T Lincoln Group Lockheed Martin National Association of Mortgage Brokers Ocean Duke Corp. SAP America *Please list the times you have lobbied Senator McCain or his office:* *NOT DISCLOSED* *McCain Staff Lobbyist Survey* *NAME: Rick Davis_________________________________________________* *CAMPAIGN ROLE: Campaign Manager* *Have you ever registered as a federal lobbyist?* Yes *Have you ever been a registered foreign agent?* Yes *Please list all of the foreign governments, political and other interests you lobbied for:* Alberto Pierri (Argentine Politician) *Please list any clients you think could potentially cause a conflict of interest for the McCain Campaign:* Bell South G-TECH SBC Telecommunications Verizon Airborne Express Deutsche Post World Net USA ImageSat Intl. Omni Computer Products *Please List the times you have lobbied Senator McCain or his office:* *NOT DISCLOSED* *McCain Staff Lobbyist Survey* *NAME: Thomas Loeffler_________________________________________________* *CAMPAIGN ROLE: National Campaign Co-Chairman; National Finance Committee Co-Chairman* *Have you ever registered as a federal lobbyist?* Yes *Have you ever been a registered foreign agent?* Yes *Please list all of the foreign governments, political and other interests you lobbied for:* Saudi Arabia Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office *Please list any clients you think could potentially cause a conflict of interest for the McCain Campaign:* EADS AT&T Bristol-Myers Squibb Capitol One Financial Edison Electric Institute Motorola PhRMA Toyota CitiGroup SBC Communications Free Trade Alliance San Antonio Introgen Therapeutics Nuclear Energy Institute Purdue Pharma Yamaha *Please list the times you have lobbied Senator McCain or his office:* *NOT DISCLOSED* *McCain Staff Lobbyist Survey* *NAME: Peter Madigan_________________________________________________* *CAMPAIGN ROLE: Fundraiser; Reagan Alumni For McCain* *Have you ever registered as a federal lobbyist?* Yes *Have you ever been a registered foreign agent?* Yes *Please list all of the foreign governments, political and other interests you lobbied for:* Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates El Salvador Colombia Panama Canada Taiwan Research Institute *Please list any clients you think could potentially cause a conflict of interest for the McCain Campaign:* Accenture Philip Morris Amgen Arthur Andersen Bank of New York Bell South Charles Schwab Goldman Sachs Microsoft Shell Oil U.S. Telecom Association United Technologies Verizon American Insurance Association DCI Associates (public affairs firm of Doug Goodyear and Doug Davenport) NYSE Group Inc. Oracle Corp. Peruvian Asparagus Institute *Please List the times you have lobbied Senator McCain or his office:* *NOT DISCLOSED* *McCain Staff Lobbyist Survey* *NAME: Jon Green_________________________________________________* *CAMPAIGN ROLE: Congressional Liaison; Fundraiser* *Have you ever registered as a federal lobbyist?* Yes *Have you ever been a registered foreign agent?* No *Please list all of the foreign governments, political and other interests you lobbied for:* N/A *Please list any clients you think could potentially cause a conflict of interest for the McCain Campaign:* EADS Philip Morris AmeriChoice Chevron Texaco Pfizer Hoffman-La Roche CitiGroup Blackstone Group Fidelity Pernod Ricard National Beer Wholesalers Association Amerada-Hess American Petroleum Institute AT&T Bell South Motorola Time Warner Verizon Viacom Aflac United Health Group America's Health Insurance Plans *Please List the times you have lobbied Senator McCain or his office:* *NOT DISCLOSED* -30- *Paid for by Progressive Media USA<http://action.progressivemediausa.org/page/m/5776c18dec30f26d/hUER7p/VEsF/>| Not authorized by any candidates or candidate's committee. * -- Eddie Vale - Press Secretary Progressive Media USA 202-609-7692 (office) 631-334-8191 (cell) EddVale (AIM) evale@progressivemediausa.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. 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