Karl M. Gallant, a former staffer for United States

United States

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 House Majority Leader

Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives

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 Thomas D. DeLay, former director of DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee (ARMPAC), and DeLay fundraiser, ran and served as the registered agent for Ed Buckham

Ed Buckham

Edwin A. Buckham is a former congressional staffer and lobbyist, who presently is under investigation in various scandals surrounding high-profile lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former Congressman Tom DeLay...

's Republican Majority Issues Committee

Republican Majority Issues Committee

The Republican Majority Issues Committee , a tax-exempt 527 committee, organized as a corporation under the laws of Virginia with its principal office located in Virginia, was created by and through the fundraising efforts of Ed Buckham, the founder of Alexander Strategy Group...

 (RMIC).

"[W]hen tobacco companies

Tobacco industry

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 wanted to keep the Food and Drug Administration from regulating their industry, they looked to former DeLay staffer Karl Gallant at [Buckham's] Alexander Strategy Group

Alexander Strategy Group

Alexander Strategy Group was an American lobbying firm involved in the K Street Project, founded by Ed Buckham and his wife Wendy. Buckham is a former chief of staff of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, and the firm openly promoted its access to DeLay. Its chief lobbyist was Paul Behrends.In...

." Gallant lobbied for Reynolds American

Reynolds American

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 on tobacco regulation.

Gallant was also a registered lobbyist for the Alexander Strategy Group

Alexander Strategy Group

Alexander Strategy Group was an American lobbying firm involved in the K Street Project, founded by Ed Buckham and his wife Wendy. Buckham is a former chief of staff of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, and the firm openly promoted its access to DeLay. Its chief lobbyist was Paul Behrends.In...

, a firm closed in January 2006 because of its connections to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff

Jack Abramoff

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.

External links

• "Political Contributions by DeLay Alumni During the 2003-2004 Election Cycle," Tech Politics (CQ Weekly, Federal Election Commission
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