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PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR SENATOR JOHN SUNUNU


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pia Carusone

April 1, 2008
603-225-6899
  ***MEDIA ADVISORY***

PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR SENATOR JOHN SUNUNU
 
(Manchester, NH) -United States Senator John Sununu (R-NH) today announced his Washington, D.C. work schedule for Wednesday, April 2 for press planning purposes. Sununu's schedule is subject to additions and deletions, depending on how much lobbyists are willing to pay for his time.

Sununu will spend Wednesday in Washington, D.C., participating in the same activities that typically fill his schedule. Throughout the day, Sununu will take meetings with trusted donors/policy advisors, misspend Granite Staters' tax dollars and put special interests first. 

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

8:30 AM
Senator Sununu to attend seafood breakfast at Johnny's Half Shell
400 N. Capitol St. NW
Washington, D.C.
**Note: $1,000 minimum donation. Please call in advance to reserve your ticket.
Caution: phone lines may be jammed.

 
10:00 AM
Senator Sununu to discuss economic and banking policy with lending industry lobbyists.
K Street
Washington, D.C.
**Note:  Sununu and lobbyists will devise new strategies to gloss over current economic crisis and avoid any real action to help middle class Americans.
 
12:00 PM
Senator Sununu to discuss no-bid contracts with Halliburton lobbyists over a prime rib lunch.
The Palm
1225 19th St NW
Washington, D.C.
**Note:  Please wear comfortable shoes.  Sununu and lobbyists will be standing for the meal so lobbyists can pay for his lunch without violating recent Senate ethics reforms.
 
2:00 P.M.
Senator Sununu to join President Bush at Press Conference.
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
 **Note: Sununu will stand with Bush throughout the conference, despite the fact that the President's domestic and foreign policy agendas have devastated the economy and mired us in a war with no end in sight.
 
3:30 P.M.
Senator Sununu to discuss energy policy with Exxon CEO Rex W. Tillerson
Capitol Hill Exxon
339 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Washington, D.C.
**Note:  Sununu and Tillerson will propose new energy-industry tax cuts that will expand on the $13 billion in subsidies passed in 2007, announce more record-breaking profits for Exxon, then proudly state that New Hampshire gas prices recently reached a record high of $3.15 per gallon and are projected to reach as much as $3.50 per gallon by Memorial Day. (Cook, Robert M. "Gasoline prices could hit $3.50 per gallon by Memorial Day." Fosters Daily Democrat. March 18, 2008.)
 
CLOSED PRESS EVENT-NO TRACKERS ALLOWED
5:30 PM
Senator Sununu to attend "Celebrate Our Sky-Rocketing Prices" cocktail and dinner fundraisers at the Willard Hotel with Big Pharma lobbyists.
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C.
**Note:  Companies must have $100 million minimum ad buy to attend cocktail fundraiser, $500 million minimum ad buy to attend dinner fundraiser.


BRIAN LAWSON is a PolitickerNH.com Reporter and can be reached via email at brian.lawson@politickernh.com.