Reuters has a story today headlined "Boeing fights image as 'bunch of crooks.'" As most readers of this blog know, Boeing is one of lobbyist Linda Daschle's biggest clients. Excerpt from the Reuters story:
Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher, who took over for scandal-plagued Phil Condit last month, has been roaming the halls of the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill to buff up Boeing's tarnished image."Telling them fundamentally that if they have a problem with us, I want to know what it is and ... trying to deal with this perception that we're a bunch of crooks," Stonecipher told reporters on a teleconference on Thursday.
It is very likely that Harry Stonecipher met with the Senate leadership while "roaming the halls on Capitol Hill," and it would be interesting to know in particular whether he has met with Tom Daschle.
According to lobbying disclosure forms available on the U.S. Senate website, Linda Daschle earned $40,000 for her firm by lobbying for Boeing during the first half of 2003. Among the items she lobbied for on behalf of Boeing was H.R. 1559, The Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 108-11). This bill is laced with appropriations to the military, which contradicts the claim by Tom Daschle that his wife does not work on military-related issues. This bill also includes the $2.4 billion bailout of the airline industry last spring, a bailout that, according the LA Times, was "pushed by the Democratic leadership," which, of course, includes Tom Daschle.
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