Retiring Congressman to Lead Trade Group
124424
Retiring U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin, who left his post as head of the House committee that regulates the pharmaceutical industry earlier this year, will become head of the industry's top lobbying group next month.
277913
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), who led much of Congress&#39; oversight of federal information technology during the past two years, has left the House Government Reform Committee and joined the Rules Committee.
656221
The former chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, who earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical industry's top lobby after critics questioned the ethics of the move, has now accepted the post, the group said on Wednesday.
684701
A Border Patrol agent-turned-congressman will take over as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee next month, pledging to keep a closer eye on the nation's spy agencies and the Bush administration.
728313
J. Dennis Hastert will become one of the few House speakers, and the first in almost 50 years, to rejoin the rank and file.
435243
New Delhi, Aug. 31 (PTI): The revamped Board of Trade could be headed by renowned industrialist Ratan Tata, or former CII Secretary General Tarun Das.
294954
James C. Dinegar won the 2007 Local Economy Challenge, as he best predicted how the region would fare last year. When he entered the contest last January, he was the newly named leader of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, which represents business interests in the region.
440696
The Ohio Congressman plans to make an official announcement on Friday.
7899
Bloomberg - Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- At a union hall in Detroit packed with 800 members of the AFL-CIO and their families, Democratic presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton promises to break the mold on trade.
151593
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; The pharmaceutical industry on Wednesday named as its top lobbyist a longtime congressman who had been among those overseeing it. The new job is said to come with a &#36;1-million-plus salary.
517845
President George W. Bush said Robert Zoellick, the current US trade representative, would become the number two US diplomat at the new State Department to be led by Condoleezza Rice.
169166
U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman won a unanimous endorsement Tuesday from the Senate Budget Committee to head the White House budget office.
122469
By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Dec. 9--U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has named 15 business and academic leaders -- including retired Synovus chairman and CEO James Blanchard -- to serve on a new panel he has formed to understand better how U.S.
385409
Rep. Richard H. Baker (R-La.), a longtime legislative expert on the regulation of capital markets, is in serious talks to become president of the main lobby for hedge funds, the Managed Funds Association.
416851
For two of Congress' old bulls, the lame duck session that begins next week will be the last roundup. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, 80, and his 73-year-old House counterpart, Rep. Bill Young, must surrender their posts by party rule when the new Congress starts in January.
479863
The Senate on Monday confirmed Carlos Gutierrez as the new commerce secretary, a position in which he will lead the Bush administration's efforts to revive the country's beleaguered manufacturing sector.
146936
By Susan Kuczka, Chicago Tribune  Dec. 8--It's been six years since former Republican U.S. Rep. John Porter resigned his 10th District seat in the House of Representatives to join a prestigious Washington law firm after representing the North Shore in Congress for 21 years.