Lobbyist Who Lent James Moran $25,000 Resurfaces As Key Figure In Dean Campaign

This same Terry Lierman is now active in the Howard Dean campaign. The 12/14/2003 L.A. Times reports:

"'When we have high-dollar events, we have low-dollar events that accompany them,' said Terry Lierman, Dean's national finance co-chair. 'That way we get a cross-section of everybody. Inclusiveness, that's what the campaign is all about.'"

Isn't it nice to know that Lierman inclusively lent $25,000 to James Moran just when Moran was inclusively agreeing to support Lierman's legislation? Here is more about Lierman's loan to Moran:

"On October 31, 2000, The Washington Post reported that Rep. James Moran had received a $25,000 unsecured, low-cost, open-ended loan ("Lierman loan") from Terry Lierman, who, at that time was a registered lobbyist and President of Capitol Associates Inc., a lobbying firm:

'The stakes were high. Schering-Plough Corp. had assembled a lobbying team to persuade Congress to help preserve its monopoly on the popular allergy drug Claritin. Furious watchdog groups argued that extending the pharmaceutical giant's patent would cost consumers billions of dollars by delaying access to cheaper generic drugs. The drug company found an ally in Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.). On June 30, 1999, Moran signed up to co-sponsor a bill to help Schering-Plough. On July 23, 1999, Moran sent a letter to other New Democrats, seeking their support. About the same time that summer, Moran received some much-needed financial help: an unsecured $ 25,000 loan from Terry Lierman, a lobbyist for Schering-Plough.'"

As quoted in http://www.congressproject.org/ethics/moranradek.html

Let us have no illusions about the magnitude of the task before us of removing James Moran from office. Moran seeks out and performs services for a network of lobbyists who help Moran out financially when Moran needs it. Moran's friends have major amounts of cash on hand which they use to assist Moran.

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