Another GOPer off to K StreetThree makes a trend!
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) — who was defeated largely because of his ties to Jack Abramoff — is heading to K Street, Roll Call reported Monday (sub. req.).
Put together with ex-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), who’s landed a lobbying gig with a lobbyist whose access to Burns when he was in office attracted the attention of the feds, and ex-Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), who’s signalled an interest in lobbying, Pombo makes the third GOPer we know of who voters tossed out of office for his ties to K Street, and who’s now off to lobby.
Pombo, whose mutual animosity with evironmental groups was legendary, is in talks with Pac/West Communications, a lobby firm with “a roster of timber and energy clients,” according to Roll Call, and one which enjoyed a particularly close relationship to Pombo.