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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Lobbyists Can Boast of Their Share of Good Deeds

Lobbyists Can Boast of Their Share of Good Deeds: "Lobbyists Can Boast of Their Share of Good Deeds

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum

Monday, December 26, 2005; Page D01

Joel Wood is best known as a co-founder of Red Hot & Blue, the Washington area's most successful barbecue franchise. He's also the top lobbyist for the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, an obscure but powerful trade group.

But his heart and a lot of his time are devoted to pleading on Capitol Hill for funds to eradicate Duchenne's syndrome, a deadly form of muscular dystrophy that his 8-year-old son James was diagnosed with five years ago."

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Lobbyists Can Boast of Their Share of Good Deeds

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