COP on the Hill: Stories from the weeks of August 19 & 26, 2016

Stories from the week of August 19 & 26, 2016

Vacation Time: Karen & I leave on the 24 for an extended holiday in Old Europe. We return in early October. The only COP I will do is the 3 hours in Geneva at a Swiss Clinic for heroin addicts.. I do hope to meet with a few of the members of newly-formed LEAP Germany.

Going forward in this election year, no real work to be done until November the 9th.

This week’s stats:

2244 Presentations to Congressional staffers.. 08 this week
134 personal chats with a Member of Congress.. 01 this week
14 interviews and reports in minor media = 01 this week.
1 meetings/hearings

COP stats since inception: August 2009

203 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 0 this week
67 Radio Interviews.. 00 this week
84 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000).. 0 this week
42 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
62 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media..This week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR)…02 this week (NBC twice)
24 major conferences attended – (United Nations drug conf, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, etc) 0this week
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
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