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Rep. Anthony "Tony" Lee Coelho


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Third-Party Descriptions

May 2009: '“It is not difficult to see how you can get on a slippery slope very easily,” said Tony Coelho, a former Democratic congressman who is head of a new industry-backed Washington group called the Partnership to Improve Patient Care, formed to lobby on the comparative effectiveness effort.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/business/07compare.html

January 2006: "COELHO, Anthony Lee, a Representative from California; born in Los Banos, Merced County, Calif., June 15, 1942; attended the public schools in Dos Palos; B.A., Loyola University, Los Angeles, 1964; staff member of United States Representative B. F. Sisk, 1965-1978; became administrative assistant in 1970; staff director, Subcommittee on Cotton, House Agriculture Committee, 1971-1972; consultant, House Parking Committee, 1971-1974; staff coordinator, House Subcommittee on Broadcasting, House Rules Committee, and House Select Committee on Professional Sports, 1965-1976; delegate, California State Democratic convention; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on June 15, 1989 (January 3, 1979-June 15, 1989); majority whip (One Hundredth and One Hundred First Congresses); chair, President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 1994-2000; business executive; political adviser; is a resident of Merced, Calif."

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000581

January 2006: 'In 1981, then-Rep. Tony Coelho (Calif.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, began to "marry" businesses seeking legislation with Democratic lobbyists, especially former staffers. The maneuver gave the businesses better access and turned many into contributors to the DCCC.'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102318.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Member of (past or present) Democratic Party / Democratic National Committee (DNC) Organization Jan 12, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Loyola University (Los Angeles) Organization Jan 12, 2006
Member of (past or present) US House of Representatives Organization Jan 12, 2006

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
May 06, 2009 New Effort Reopens a Medical Minefield

QUOTE: Spine specialists quickly attacked the report, calling it flawed. One medical device maker, Medtronic, sued unsuccessfully to block its release. Republican lawmakers tried to kill the agency that issued the report. It survived, but its funding was drastically cut, and it decided to stop issuing guidelines. Now, 15 years later, the Obama administration is entering this same medical minefield.

 New York Times
Jan 12, 2006 Lobbyists' Emergence Reflects Shift in Capital Culture

QUOTE: The implied bargain -- money for access -- struck many as just too obvious. Three days later, Bentsen ended the breakfasts and acknowledged that his error of judgment had been "a doozy." Now, every day Congress is in session, there are lobbyist-organized fundraisers for senators and representatives...at which the basic transaction is little different than what got Bentsen in hot water.

 Washington Post