Reply #78: TENET Healthcare Lobbyists. $360,000 in 2006 to Quinn, Gillespie & Assoc [View All]

[L. Coyote]

BUSH's pick for RNC Chairman hired as Tenet Healthcare lobbyist in 2006 for $360,000.00. About $1,000 a day!!!!
How does this $$ factor into the White House and/or RNC political role in the firings and settlements?

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TENET HEALTHCARE - Lobbyist Summary, 	2006		2005		2004		2003

   Capitol Health Group 		120,000	        120,000	        100,000	        -
   Cathy Abernathy Consultants 		80,000		160,000	        160,000	       160,000
   Landrieu Public Relations 		45,000		150,000	        100,000	       200,000
   Samuels, Marc Blaine			-		-		-		20,000
   Brownstein, Hyatt et al				300,000	        200,000
   Quinn, Gillespie & Assoc 		360,000   	-		-		-

	Totals:				605,000	        730,000	        560,000	       380,000

Capital Health Group - 2006 Total Lobbying Income:        $1,760,000
Cathy Abernathy Consultants - 2006 Total Lobbying Income: $2,320,000 
Quinn, Gillespie & Assoc - 2006 Total Lobbying Income:   $16,840,000
Landrieu Public Relations has only one client, Tenet.

Source: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/firmsum.asp?txtname=Quinn%2C+Gillespie+%26+Assoc&year=2006

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Quotes and Info from: http://www.citizen.org/documents/Gillespie_June.pdf

Ed Gillespie: The Embedded Lobbyist - Public Citizen Congress Watch - June 2003
New Chairman Brings Corporate Loyalties to Top Job in the GOP

President Bush’s decision to name lobbyist Ed Gillespie as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) will give one of Washington’s prominent power-brokers unrivaled access, influence and opportunity to further the interests of his corporate benefactors and his own lobbying firm.

Gillespie Has One Foot in the White House, the Other on K Street

Public Citizen looked at Quinn Gillespie’s efforts on behalf of corporate clients to undercut consumer rights and increase the power of big business.
· Since its founding, the firm has collected $27.4 million in lobbying fees through 2002.
· Enron paid Quinn Gillespie $700,000 in 2001 alone to lobby on the “California energy crisis” and thwart efforts to re-regulate the Western electricity market.
Gillespie channeled $100,000 from Enron and DaimlerChrysler to the 21st Century Energy Project to counter "enviro-leftist propaganda” and promote the administration’s energy plan.

Gillespie’s loyalty to President Bush is undeniable. “If there is anything I can do in any way to help this president, I will do it,” he said ....
But he also has been loyal to Corporate America, which has poured money into his lobbying firm.

Gillespie was an aide to House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX), an architect of the Contract With America, RNC communications director, and adviser to Bush’s 2000 campaign and the Florida recount.