Ed Buckham
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Edwin A. Buckham is Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative
lobbyist
.
He served as chief of staff to then
Ralph Reed. He was a lobbyist for the American Traffic Safety Services Association from 2004-2005.[1]
Buckham is a lay (non-ordained)
Washington D.C. chapter of the controversial and politically active church Maranatha Campus Ministries, and later as a deacon of a small church in Frederick, Maryland
.
Abramoff scandal
Most of the $3.02 million in revenues of the U.S. Family Network came from clients of Jack Abramoff. $1,022,729 of that money was then paid by USFN to Buckham and his wife, Wendy, during a five-year period ending in 2001, via their lobbying firm, the Alexander Strategy Group.[2]
In January 2006 Buckham closed Alexander Strategy Group, and left the lobbying business. Buckham said that the company was fatally damaged by publicity from the federal investigation into the affairs of Abramoff.[3]
References
- ^ "Revolving Door: Edwin A Buckham Employment Summary - OpenSecrets". OpenSecrets. 2006-03-26.
- ^ Smith, R. Jeffrey (Staff writer) (2006-03-26). "Former DeLay Aide Enriched By Nonprofit". The Washington Post.
- ^ Birnbaum, Jeffrey H. and Grimaldi, James V. (2006-01-10). "Lobby Giant Is Scandal Casualty". The Washington Post.
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External links
- George Loper, "Elections 2000: National Republican Congressional Committee Funds National Right to Life Committee and U.S. Family Network," Loper.org, December 1999.
- "GOP group pays $280,000 campaign fine," Associated Press (MSNBC), April 9, 2004.
- "NRCC busted for illegal 'soft money' donations," The Carpetbagger Report, April 9, 2004.
- "Political Contributions by DeLay Alumni During the 2003-2004 Election Cycle," Tech Politics (CQ Weekly, Federal Election Commission downloaded March 2005.)