Fred Thompson: Washington, D.C. Lobbyist, 1975-1992

[flpoljunkie]

From 1975 to 1992 Thompson worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He represented such clients as Westinghouse, General Electric (the current corporate owner of the NBC Universal-NBC television network), and the Tennessee Savings and Loan League.

By 1982, Thompson was lobbying the U.S. Congress for passage of the Savings and Loan deregulation legislation. The federal deregulation legislation allowed for additional government support of ailing S&Ls; gave U.S. thrifts the freedom to invest in potentially more profitable, but riskier, ventures; and eliminated interest-rate ceilings on new accounts. Thompson's recommendations were incorporated into the Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982.

In 1991, he began work with the Washington, D.C. firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, & Kahn, representing overseas business entities as a registered foreign agent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Hmm....

I always wondered how he landed that plum role on Law & Order. It's on NBC, Thompson was a shill for GE--yep, it all comes together now!

[Rydz777]

2. Seventeen years of lobbying, raising money for Scooter Libby,

close ties to McCain, undistinguished Senate record. It's trickling out now and it will soon become a torrent.

[SharonAnn]

4. That Savings & Loan deregulation worked pretty well, didn't it? Oh, it didn't?

[Wilms]

3. .