Nethercutt, rep

---<div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><b>BlueWater Strategies LLC</b>, formerly Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles LLC (LNG Associates), is a lobbying firm "providing legislative, regulatory, corporate management and business development strategies to U.S. and international clients in various sectors including: electric power, oil and gas, defense, minerals, mining, telecommunications and electronics."<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup> The firm claims "many decades of executive branch, legislative branch, and industry experience. They have long-standing relations with senior officials in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_administration" title="Bush administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bush administration</a>, as well as with Members of Congress and their staff on both sides of the aisle."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">With the renaming of the firm is 2007, BlueWater added its first Democratic partner in what was billed as a move towards a "bipartisan shop." <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[3]</a></sup> Eric Washburn was previously legislative director and senior advisor to then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[4]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">As in its previous incarnation, the company still serves several of the largest electric utility, petroleum, defense, and mineral and mining companies.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[5]</a></sup></p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 5px;"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"> [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#Team_Members" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Team Members</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#Lobbyist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Lobbyist</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#Strategic_Alliances" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Strategic Alliances</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#Contact_Details" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Contact Details</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#Articles_and_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#Sources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#Related_SourceWatch_Article" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Article</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#External_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">External Articles</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Team_Members">Team Members</span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Andrew_D.Lundquist" title="Andrew D. Lundquist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Andrew D. Lundquist</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_R.Nethercutt,Jr." title="George R. Nethercutt, Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">George R. Nethercutt, Jr.</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eric_Washburn" title="Eric Washburn" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Eric Washburn</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kjersten_Drager" title="Kjersten Drager" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Kjersten Drager</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_J.Kurth" title="Timothy J. Kurth" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Timothy J. Kurth</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_Useem" title="Howard Useem" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Howard Useem</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Lobbyist">Lobbyist</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The firm of BlueWater Strategies LLC is a registered <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbyist" title="Lobbyist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">lobbyist</a> in the U.S. House of Representatives. In December 2004, the firm (then by the name of Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles LLC) represented: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://clerk.house.gov/pd/houseID.html?reg_id=36345" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[1]</a></p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Alaska Communications Systems</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Petroleum_Institute" title="American Petroleum Institute" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">American Petroleum Institute</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BP" title="BP" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">BP</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bull Mountain Development Company No. 1, LLC</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Consol Energy Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DIRECTV" title="DIRECTV" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">DIRECTV</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Eschstar Satellite LLC</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exelon" title="Exelon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Exelon</a> Corporation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Fairbanks North Star Borough</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Gold Fields Mining, LLC</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ion America Corporation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Isothermal Systems Research, Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kongsbert Defence & Aerospace</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mettiki Coal, LLC</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Motorola" title="Motorola" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Motorola</a>, Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Newmont" title="Newmont" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Newmont</a> Mining Corporation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Quapaw Tribe</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Shaw Environmental, Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sprint Corporation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Tessera Technologies, Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Toshiba" title="Toshiba" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Toshiba</a> Corporation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">TXU Corporation (now <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Luminant" title="Luminant" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Luminant</a>)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">United States Telecom Association</li></ul><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategic_Alliances">Strategic Alliances</span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blackwell_Fairbanks,LLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blackwell Fairbanks, LLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Blackwell Fairbanks, LLC</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joe_M.Allbaugh" title="Joe M. Allbaugh" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joe M. Allbaugh</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Andrew_D.Lundquist" title="Andrew D. Lundquist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Andrew D. Lundquist</a>, Principals</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Enventures_LLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enventures LLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Enventures LLC</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Conover&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Conover (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David Conover</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eric_Washburn" title="Eric Washburn" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Eric Washburn</a>, and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Andrew_D.Lundquist" title="Andrew D. Lundquist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Andrew D. Lundquist</a>, Principals</li></ul><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Details">Contact Details</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">BlueWater Strategies LLC
400 North Capitol Street, N.W.
Suite 475
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 589-0015
Fax: (202) 589-1516
URL: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bwstrategies.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">www.bwstrategies.com</a></p><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Resources">Articles and Resources</span></h2><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Sources">Sources</span></h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-0" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_ref-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bwstrategies.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">BlueWater Strategies LLC</a>, accessed March 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bwstrategies.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"What we do"</a>, BlueWater Strategies LLC, accessed March 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3782.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Republican firm goes bipartisan"</a>, Politico, May 1, 2007.</span></li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lundquist,Nethercutt%26_Griles_LLC#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bwstrategies.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"What we do"</a>, BlueWater Strategies, accessed March 2008.</span></li></ol><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Article">Related SourceWatch Article</span></h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; 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</div><div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>George R. Nethercutt, Jr.</b> (born October 7, 1944) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">American</a> politician, and is the founder and chairman of <b>The George Nethercutt Foundation</b>. He was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican</a> member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1995 to 2005, representing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Washington's 5th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Washington's 5th congressional district</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,Washington" title="Spokane, Washington" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Spokane, Washington</a>, and a graduate of North Central High School, Nethercutt earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">B.A.</a> in English from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Washington State University</a> and a law degree from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzaga_University_School_of_Law" title="Gonzaga University School of Law" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Gonzaga University</a>. He worked as a clerk for Alaskan federal Judge Raymond Plummer. Nethercutt then served as staff counsel and later chief of staff to Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens" title="Ted Stevens" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ted Stevens</a> (R-AK) before returning to private practice in Washington State. Specializing in estate and adoption law, he also co-founded the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, a private, not-for-profit institution to help prevent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">child abuse</a>.</p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 7px; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0px;"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#Congressional_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Congressional career</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#2004_Senate_race" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">2004 Senate race</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#Current_employment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Current employment</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#The_Nethercutt_Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">The Nethercutt Foundation</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Electoral history</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Congressional_career">Congressional career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nethercutt&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Congressional career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nethercutt was first elected to Congress in 1994 in a dramatic election in which he unseated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Speaker of the House</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Foley" title="Tom Foley" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tom Foley</a>. Nethercutt prevailed largely by running up his totals in the more rural areas of the district, which allowed him to prevail by 4,000 votes. This marked the first time a sitting Speaker of the House was unseated since 1862, and was part of a massive national Republican landslide that saw the GOP take control of the House for the first time in 40 years. In Congress, he sat on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States House Committee on Appropriations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Appropriations Committee</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science" title="United States House Committee on Science" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Science Committee</a>. Like most Republicans elected in the 1994 wave, he had a strongly conservative voting record.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nethercutt's campaign against Foley, a 30-year incumbent, included significant attention to</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Foley's opposition to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_limits_in_the_United_States" title="Term limits in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">term limits</a>.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> In 1992, Washington state voters had approved a ballot measure limiting the terms of Washington officials, including federal officials such as U.S. Representatives. Foley brought suit contesting the constitutionality of this limit and won in court. Nethercutt repeatedly cited the caption of Foley's lawsuit — "Foley against the People of the State of Washington." He also promised to serve no more than three terms (six years) in the House.</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the 1996 elections, the Democrats mounted a serious bid to regain the seat Foley had held for 30 years, but Nethercutt won by an unexpectedly large 12-point margin even as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bill Clinton</a> narrowly carried the district. He was handily reelected in 1998. In 2000, when his self-imposed three-term limit would have kicked in, Nethercutt changed his mind and announced his intention to run again, infuriating term-limits supporters. Nethercutt was nevertheless re-elected without much difficulty in 2000 and in 2002.</p><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2004_Senate_race">2004 Senate race</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nethercutt&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2004 Senate race" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]</span></h2><div class="rellink boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Washington,2004" title="United States Senate election in Washington, 2004" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States Senate election in Washington, 2004</a></div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nethercutt decided to run for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Senate</a> in 2004, hoping to again unseat an incumbent, this time Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Patty Murray</a>, rather than running for a sixth term in the House. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Term limits again became an issue in the campaign, as Democrats quickly seized on Nethercutt's broken term-limits pledge.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nethercutt was also hampered by his lack of name recognition in the more densely populated western part of the state, home to two-thirds of the state's population. Washington has not elected a senator from east of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Mountains" title="Cascade Mountains" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cascades</a> since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Poindexter" title="Miles Poindexter" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Miles Poindexter</a> in 1916. Other important issues included national security and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-invasion_Iraq,2003%E2%80%93present" title="Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">war in Iraq</a>. Nethercutt supported the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 Invasion of Iraq" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">invasion</a> of Iraq, while Murray opposed it.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nethercutt was a heavy underdog from the start, and his campaign never gained much traction. In November, he lost by 12 points, receiving 43 percent of the vote to Murray's 55 percent.</p><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Current_employment">Current employment</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nethercutt&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Current employment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nethercutt left the House of Representatives at the end of his term in January 2005, but has said that he probably will not retire from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics" title="Politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">politics</a> completely. In 2005, he and two other<font color="#ff0000"> political veterans (former Interior Department deputy secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Steven_Griles" title="J. Steven Griles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">J. Steven Griles</a> and former White House national energy policy director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Lundquist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrew Lundquist (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Andrew Lundquist</a>) joined to form the political lobbying firm of Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles</font>, LLC. Nethercutt now serves as Chairman of Nethercutt Consulting LLC, Of Counsel for Bluewater Strategies in Washington, DC, Of Counsel with Lee & Hayes, an intellectual property law firm in Washington State, and is a member of several corporate boards. He is the author of the book "In Tune with America: Our History in Song," writes a monthly column for<i>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Inlander" title="Pacific Northwest Inlander" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Pacific Northwest Inlander</a></i> newspaper and records radio commentaries for several radio stations.</p><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Nethercutt_Foundation">The Nethercutt Foundation</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nethercutt&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: The Nethercutt Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nethercutt has founded The George Nethercutt Foundation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,Washington" title="Spokane, Washington" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Spokane, Washington</a>. The Foundation is a nonpartisan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">nonprofit organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nethercutt#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup> in the United States dedicated to fostering civic involvement. The foundation accepts applications from college students who aspire to be Nethercutt Fellows. The Nethercutt Fellowship involves, among other things, a trip to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Washington, D.C.</a> where fellows have the opportunity to see the inner-workings of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government" title="Government" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">government</a>.</p></span></div><div>===</div><div>bs bluewater strats<div>
</div><div><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Former Congressman George R. Nethercutt, Jr., who serves as Of-Counsel to the firm, brings a wealth of public and private experience to BlueWater Strategies, having served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005. Mr. Nethercutt's historic 1994 victory <b>unseated then-Speaker of the House Tom Foley, </b>the first defeat of a sitting Speaker since 1860. 

Mr. Nethercutt represented Washington's 5th Congressional District until choosing to run for the U.S. Senate in 2004. While serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, he served on the prestigious House Committee on Appropriations and the House Science Committee. Prior to his election to Congress, Mr. Nethercutt was a practicing attorney in Washington State, specializing in estate planning, probate and adoption law. He previously served as staff counsel, and then </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">chief of staff, to U.S. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, working on such issues as agriculture, fisheries, timber and mining.</span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Nethercutt co-founded the private, non-profit Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery for the prevention of child abuse. He has also served as president of the Spokane chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Nethercutt currently serves on the board of directors of the </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Washington Policy Center</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> in Seattle, a nonpartisan free-market think tank. He also serves as of-counsel to the Spokane, Washington-based law firm Paine Hamblen LLP and sits on the Permanent </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Joint Board on Defense</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-U.S./Canada to which he was appointed U.S. Chairman by President George W. Bush in 2005.</span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Nethercutt earned a bachelor's degree in English from Washington State University before graduating from Gonzaga University School of Law. He and his wife, Mary Beth, have two children.</p></div></div></div></div>