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Jeff Miller, NFL's new lobbyist (from Politico.com)
The National Football League has hired a quarterback for its lobbying operation: Jeff Miller, staff director for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee.
Miller’s new role as vice president of government relations and public policy should provide a huge boost to a league looking to pump up its Washington presence. Miller has been one of a small but sought-after group of congressional aides coveted by K Street.
The 38-year-old has been courted to come downtown, where he could bring home a base salary of more than $350,000 per year, according to lobbying insiders. The NFL, not surprisingly, wouldn’t say what it laid out to lure him away.
Part of what the league is paying for is Miller’s eight years working for the subcommittee’s chairman, Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.). Miller knows business — and business knows, and likes, him.
He’s been at the center of the merger machinations between Yahoo and Microsoft and satellite radio giants XM and Sirius. He was also ringside for Google’s purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick. And he had a hand in reforming class action lawsuits and antitrust law. READ MORE
