<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, maxine waters]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, maxine waters]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/maxinewaters http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/maxinewaters <![CDATA[Google hires black lobbyist to appease black Congress members]]> Paul BraithwaiteLaszlo Bock, Google's vice president for Caucasian affairs people operations, didn't make a great impression on Congress when he lobbied for more H-1B visas last summer. Representative Maxine Waters asked Bock how many black employees Google had, and Bock proved curiously short of numbers. But Google has since acquired a token clue. Paul Brathwaite, former executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, now works for the Podesta Group — and has registered to lobby for Google on immigration issues, as the following Senate registration shows:

Brathwaite's lobbying record

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