Family ties. (No Comment).In an article on TomPaine.com entitled "Power on the Potomac," Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos (Greek: Αριάννα Στασινόπουλου) on July 15, 1950 in Athens, Greece) is an author and nationally syndicated columnist in the writes about the connections between politicians and familial familial /fa·mil·i·al/ (fah-mil´e-il) occurring in more members of a family than would be expected by chance. fa·mil·ial adj. lobbyists. Case in point: Linda Daschle, wife of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, is one of the airline industry's top lobbyists. "Among those lobbyists making friends and influencing family members in our nation's capital are John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (last name pronounced BRO) is a former United States senator from Louisiana who served from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Jr., Scott Hatch, Key Reid and Joshua Hastert, the sons of Senators John Breaux, Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977. Hatch is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and Taxation and IRS , Harry Reid, and House Speaker Denny Hastert." |
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