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 <title>Re: Garrett Perdue and Congress</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;He&#039;s been too busy lobbying state level officials to get up to DC just yet.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:19:40 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;womble and carlyle should be under the microscope on any other move they ever make in the future&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:02:42 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>tarheez3</dc:creator>
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	&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/images/garrett.perdue.jpg&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;Garrett Perdue&quot; title=&quot;Garrett Perdue&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; width=&quot;96&quot; height=&quot;146&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;How much has &lt;a href=&quot;/under_the_dome/profiles/garrett_perdue&quot;&gt;Garrett Perdue&lt;/a&gt; lobbied Congress?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although his &lt;a href=&quot;/under_the_dome/garrett_perdues_job_description&quot;&gt;job description&lt;/a&gt; mentions Congressional lobbying, the son of Gov. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/beverly_perdue&quot;&gt;Beverly Perdue&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;/under_the_dome/garrett_perdue_out_and_about&quot;&gt;not registered&lt;/a&gt; as a federal lobbyist for any clients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition, all eight Democratic members of the state&amp;#39;s delegation say they have not heard from him yet: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/david_price&quot;&gt;David Price&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;quot;The office does not have a record of a meeting with Garrett Perdue,&amp;quot; said spokesman Phil Feagan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/g_k_butterfield&quot;&gt;G.K. Butterfield&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;As far as we can tell, Garrett Perdue has not lobbied Butterfield&amp;#39;s office,&amp;quot; said spokesman Ken Willis. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/profiles/larry_kissell&quot;&gt;Larry Kissell&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;Garrett Perdue has not called or contacted any of our people,&amp;quot; said spokeswoman Brianna Atkins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/mike_mcintyre&quot;&gt;Mike McIntyre&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;No contact from Garrett Perdue has been made to our office that I&amp;#39;m aware of,&amp;quot; said spokesman Dean Mitchell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/bob_etheridge&quot;&gt;Bob Etheridge&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;Rep. Etheridge&amp;#39;s office does not have a record of Garrett Perdue contacting the office for a meeting,&amp;quot; said spokeswoman Joanne Peters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/heath_shuler&quot;&gt;Heath Shuler&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;quot;As far as everyone in my office knows, we have not had any contact with Garrett Perdue. I actually had to tell a few people who he was,&amp;quot; said spokesman Andrew Whalen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update: Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/mel_watt&quot;&gt;Mel Watt&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;quot;To our knowledge, (Watt&amp;#39;s) never spoken with the guy,&amp;quot; said spokesman Corey Little.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second Update: Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/brad_miller&quot;&gt;Brad Miller&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;He hasn&amp;#39;t come by the Congressman&amp;#39;s office yet, but the Congressmanhas known him for some time and would welcome him,&amp;quot; said spokeswoman LuAnn Canipe. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/beverly_perdue">Beverly Perdue</category>
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 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/brianna_atkins">Brianna Atkins</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/david_price">David Price</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/dean_mitchell">Dean Mitchell</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/g_k_butterfield">G.K. Butterfield</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/garrett_perdue">Garrett Perdue</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/heath_shuler">Heath Shuler</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/joanne_peters">Joanne Peters</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/ken_willis">Ken Willis</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/larry_kissell">Larry Kissell</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/mel_watt">Mel Watt</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/mike_mcintyre">Mike McIntyre</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/phil_feagan">Phil Feagan</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/project/under_the_dome">Under the Dome</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:50:52 -0400</pubDate>
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