Comcast Hires Two Democrats For DC Office
National Journal's Under The Influence blog reports that Comcast is bringing on two new D.C. hires already familiar with Capitol Hill. One is Joe Trahern, a former lobbyist for General Motors, who will be Comcast's senior director of federal government affairs. Before GM, Trahern served as chief of staff to Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., as a staffer for Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and in political affairs at the White House under President Bill Clinton.
Rudy Brioché, the other new hire, joins as senior director of external affairs and public policy counsel. In that role, he will help define the company's public policy interests, which revolve around telecommunications law. He has served as a legal adviser at the Federal Communications Commission and before that worked for Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. Comcast spent $2.8 million on lobbying during the first half of this year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In 2008, the company spent a total of $12.5 million, placing it among the top spenders in the entertainment industry, the Center said. Topping Comcast's 2008 lobbying agenda were tax, broadcasting, and intellectual property issues.
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