Ex-Delay aide remains influential fundraiser
Representing districts in the same state isn't all that Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) have in common. According to the blog of North Carolina Policy Watch (NCPW), Tim Rupli, a lobbyist and ex-Tom Delay aide, hosted two fundraisers for Rep. McHenry last summer and one for Rep. Shuler just before Thanksgiving.
According to the NCPW blog:
Rupli made $1.69 million last year lobbying for clients like payday lenders, an anti-immigration group, a weapons-training corporation, and the obligatory pharmaceutical company.
Such lovely company McHenry and Shuler are keeping.
For what it's worth, Rupli was so close to former Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) that Ney inserted these March 2000 remarks into the Congressional Record congratulating Tim and Linda Rupli on the birth of their son (and even noted the newborn's weight).
Ex-Rep. Ney pleaded guilty in 2007 to corruption charges connected to the Jack Abramoff scandal.
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