Posted on 09/05/2014 12:40:56 PM PDT by jalisco555
Gazprombank GPB (OJSC), a Russian bank targeted with sanctions by President Obama over the Ukraine crisis, has hired two former U.S. senators to lobby against those sanctions, according to a new disclosure filed with the Senate.
Gazprombank is controlled by Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom, the country’s largest gas producer; it supplies about a third of Europe’s natural gas.
In a filing submitted Friday and effective that day, former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., and former Senator John Breaux, D-La., are listed as the main lobbyists under the Gazprombank account for the firm Squire Patton Boggs, lobbying on “banking laws and regulations including applicable sanctions.”
Gazprombank GPB (OJSC) is a subsidiary of Gazprombank, Russia’s third largest bank. On July 16th, the U.S. Treasury Department added it to a list of Russian firms barred from debt financing with U.S. institutions.
Lott and Breaux left public service almost a decade ago and are among more than 300 members of Congress who’ve become lobbyists, and begun petitioning former colleagues on behalf of clients, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In 2008, they started a lobbying firm with their sons, Breaux Lott Leadership Group, which was acquired by D.C.-lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs in 2010. Patton Boggs merged with Squire Sanders to form Squire Patton Boggs in June.
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Good gwad do these people ever go away?
revoke their citizenships
You had him pegged!
It seems to me that the Russian bank is hiring a Lott of Breaux.
sleazy bastards
Just goes to show....the Russians don’t understand US politics. They pick two losers to represent them...
Dirtbags. A Patriot would have said, HELL NO!
Do these people have consciences?
At the end of the day, are they at peace with how they are spending their lives?
Don’t tase me Breaux!!
“Just goes to show....the Russians don’t understand US politics. They pick two losers to represent them...”
On the contrary, it shows they understand just how business is done now in DC. By spreading some cash around.
HE: Will you have sex with me for $10,000?SHE: For $10,000?
HE: Yes, $10,000.
SHE: Well... Okay.
HE: How about having sex with me for $50?
SHE: Only $50! What do you think I am?
HE: We already know what you are. Now we're just negotiating your rates.
agreed
At the end of the day, are they at peace with how they are spending their lives?
I assume these are rhetorical questions. After all, we're talking about Trent Lott.
MS ping.
Lott and Breaux are making more money today than they did as congress cretins.
Thanks. I forgot to do that.
Worse than whores! But not too worry, consider they were do nothing politicians.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.