WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK; State's lawmakers from both parties agree to disagree with dairy tax Final Edition

If you're wondering why the fourth House Republican, Janesville's Paul Ryan, didn't sign last week's letter, Ryan says he, too, opposes the dairy tax. But the lawmaker said he has a policy against signing on to letters to committees on which he sits. He knows Wisconsin's fed...

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Published inMilwaukee journal sentinel
Main Author KATHERINE M. SKIBA, CRAIG GILBERT and DANIEL REILLY
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Milwaukee, Wis Journal Sentinel Inc 19.03.2006
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Bush, George (President)
Green, Mark
Oksala, Erik
Petri, Tom
Ryan, Paul
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Summary:If you're wondering why the fourth House Republican, Janesville's Paul Ryan, didn't sign last week's letter, Ryan says he, too, opposes the dairy tax. But the lawmaker said he has a policy against signing on to letters to committees on which he sits. He knows Wisconsin's federal lawmakers and their aides because he worked most recently as a lobbyist for Milwaukee-based Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek Government Affairs. Among his clients was the State of Wisconsin when the feds decided which military bases to close last year and moved the 440th Airlift Wing from Milwaukee. [Erik Oksala], who came on board late in January, is the office's fourth director under [Jim Doyle]. Sarah Neimeyer, who led the office from 2003- '05, left for The Wilderness Society. She was followed by an acting director, Amy Johnson, who served from January 2005 until last June and now is a consultant for Sellers Feinberg in Philadelphia.
ISSN:1082-8850