Alexander Strategy Group was a lobbying firm involved in the K Street Project. It was founded by Edwin A. Buckham, the former chief of staff of Tom DeLay. It promoted its access to DeLay openly. In 2004 its earnings reached $8.8 million, with Fortune 500 clients such as Amgen, BellSouth, Eli Lilly, Freddie Mac, Microsoft, Time Warner, and United Parcel Service. The K Street Project is a project by the Republican Party to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire Republicans in top positions, and to reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials. ... Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8, 1947) is an American politician from Sugar Land, Texas and a prominent Republican. ... The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ... Amgen Inc. ... BellSouth Corporation NYSE: BLS is a U.S. telecommunications company based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... One of the worlds largest corporations, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Indianapolis,Indiana, USA. A Fortune 500 corporation, the company had revenues of $12. ... The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (NYSE: FRE) is a stockholder-owned, publicly-traded company chartered by the United States federal government in 1970 to purchase mortgages and related securities, and then issues securities and bonds in financial markets backed by those mortgages in secondary markets. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of almost $40 billion USD and nearly 60,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... Time Warner Inc. ... United Parcel Service, Inc. ...

Other clients included Blackwater Security Services, the employer of the mercenaries killed in Fallujah in 2004, and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and the government of Malaysia, both Jack Abramoff clients at the same time. Alexander Strategy paid DeLay's wife $115,000 in consulting fees, while conducting business with Abramoff's firm. As both Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff found themselves under indictment, Alexander Strategy Group announced its closure at the beginning of 2006 due to "fatal publicity". Blackwater USA is a private military contractor offering tactical training, firing range and target systems, and security consulting under the companys subdivisions: Blackwater Training Center, Blackwater Target Systems, Blackwater Security Consulting and Blackwater Canine. ... The Choctaws are a Native American people originally from the southeast United States (Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana). ... Jack A. Abramoff (born February 28, 1959) is a United States political lobbyist, Republican activist, and businessman who is a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. ...

Past employees include Brian Darling, the former legal counsel to Republican Senator Mel Martinez of Florida who was forced to resign when he admitted he was the author of the "Schiavo memo", and several former Tom DeLay aides, including former DeLay deputy chief of staff Tony Rudy, who was named in Jack Abramoff's plea as "Staffer A". Brian Darling (born in Andover, Massachusetts, 1965) was the legal counsel to Republican Senator Mel Martinez of Florida who was forced to resign when it was determined that he was responsible for writing the Schiavo memo. The document itself was a talking points memorandum that outlined a strategy for the... Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8, 1947) is an American politician from Sugar Land, Texas and a prominent Republican. ... Jack A. Abramoff (born February 28, 1959) is a United States political lobbyist, Republican activist, and businessman who is a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. ...

External links

• Official website
• “U.S. lobbying inquiry shifts to a second firm,” The New York Times, January 8, 2006.