Dodging the Bullet (ePub)
An Inside Washington Look at High-Stakes Lobbying Against an Oil Giant
(Sprache: Englisch)
What do you do when an oil industry giant, on whom you have depended for sixteen years to provide your companys largest plant with natural gas, suddenly tries to use federal legislation as a way to increase its price by more than ten times over what the...
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What do you do when an oil industry giant, on whom you have depended for sixteen years to provide your companys largest plant with natural gas, suddenly tries to use federal legislation as a way to increase its price by more than ten times over what the contract calls for?
As DODGING THE BULLET recounts, you pull together a coalition of companies in the same bind as yours. And if your opponent has used the personal attorney to a powerful U.S. Senate figure to help draft the legislation that would abrogate their contract with you, you respond by hiring the best-known lobbying law firm in Washington and working side-by-side with them every step of the way. And you soon realize that the battle will involve a series of ups and downs.
The story unfolds in 1983-84, a time when fax machines were in their infancy and there were no personal computers, cell phones, iPads or any of the other communications shortcuts we depend on so much today. The lobbying involved old-fashioned shoe leather, face-to-face meetings with members of Congress and their staff, and countless phone calls and strategy sessions. DODGING THE BULLET puts you right in the middle of the fray and shows you what high-level lobbying is really like, and what it is not.
For anyone interested in knowing the ins and outs of Congress and the rules of lawmaking, this book is a must read.
As DODGING THE BULLET recounts, you pull together a coalition of companies in the same bind as yours. And if your opponent has used the personal attorney to a powerful U.S. Senate figure to help draft the legislation that would abrogate their contract with you, you respond by hiring the best-known lobbying law firm in Washington and working side-by-side with them every step of the way. And you soon realize that the battle will involve a series of ups and downs.
The story unfolds in 1983-84, a time when fax machines were in their infancy and there were no personal computers, cell phones, iPads or any of the other communications shortcuts we depend on so much today. The lobbying involved old-fashioned shoe leather, face-to-face meetings with members of Congress and their staff, and countless phone calls and strategy sessions. DODGING THE BULLET puts you right in the middle of the fray and shows you what high-level lobbying is really like, and what it is not.
For anyone interested in knowing the ins and outs of Congress and the rules of lawmaking, this book is a must read.
Autoren-Porträt von Edward L. Jaffee
Edward L. Jaffee was a Washington Representative and lobbyist for PPG Industries from 1973-1993, focusing mainly on environmental and energy issues. His work brought him into contact with a wide circle of senators and representatives and their staff members. That exposure paid dividends in 1983-84, in facing off against one of the largest corporations in the world. He used his organizational skills to form and lead a coalition of four companies, later joined by six others, to do extended battle with a giant of the oil industry, with the future of several corporate facilities, including PPG Industries’ largest one, at stake.A journalism graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, DC, Jaffee has worked for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and United Press. He was an industrial editor for IBM and head of environmental quality information for a major trade association before joining PPG Industries.
Parents of three and grandparents of five, Jaffee and his wife Sharon live in Springfield, VA.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Edward L. Jaffee
- 2010, 228 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: AUTHORHOUSE
- ISBN-10: 1456700669
- ISBN-13: 9781456700669
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2010
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