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<h2 class="date-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; position: static; clear: both; border: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 16px;">APRIL 02, 2012</h2><div class="entry" id="entry-6a00d8341e1d6b53ef0168e9907d95970c" style="position: static; overflow: hidden; clear: both; width: 470px; margin-bottom: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 16px;"><h3 class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 1px; color: rgb(77, 82, 120); font-size: large; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Doug Heye to Team Cantor as Deputy Chief of Staff</h3><div class="entry-content" style="position: static; clear: both; margin: 10px 0px;"><div class="entry-body" style="clear: both;"><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.potomacflacks.com/.a/6a00d8341e1d6b53ef0168e9907bf7970c-pi" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); float: right;"><img alt="Doug_heye" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341e1d6b53ef0168e9907bf7970c" src="http://www.potomacflacks.com/.a/6a00d8341e1d6b53ef0168e9907bf7970c-200wi" title="Doug_heye" style="border: 0px; width: 175px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" /></a>Politico's Jake Sherman <a href="http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=A81DEC21-BC46-49EF-A70C-271702C2D043" target="self" title="scoops" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">scoops</a> that veteran Republican operative Doug Heye is joining Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s press office as deputy chief of staff.Heye, who was most recently an adviser to the Iowa Republican party, fills the spot of Brad Dayspring, who left the Virginia Republican’s office and joined the YG Action Network super PAC. Heye will be responsible for overseeing the Cantor press operation, which has four other staffers.It’s a return to Capitol Hill for widely respected Heye, who previously worked for former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC).Heye is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  (Politico)God Speed---This conservative pundit has been in Washington long enough that he not only knows everyone, but he gets invited to their functions, too. And why not? Doug Heye knows his food, wine and politics and can stay out till the wee hours of the morning — the perfect party guest.  Known for working on then-Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele’s Senate campaign, Heye has also worked for Steve Forbes’s presidential run. Heye first came to D.C. in 1997 to work in the press shop of former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.). In 2003, he became press secretary at the U.S. Small Business Administration. He then returned home to North Carolina in 2004 to become the communications director for then-Rep. Richard Burr’s successful Senate campaign, a win that brought the staffer back to D.C. as the senator’s communications director.  Heye writes political commentary for National Review, but he also writes about food and dining for Capitol File, where his thumbs-up has gone to the restaurant Dino.  Heye showed his heroic colors when he ran after three muggers late at night on Capitol Hill, which resulted in the police eventually collaring them. He also has the distinct honor of being Contessa Brewer’s favorite Republican to interview on MSNBC. He’s also pals with Bloomberg News reporter and bass guitar player Tim Burger.  Heye graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994.poltoco Josh Marshall at TPM this morning.<a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/" target="blank" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com</a> / I'll post links to other threads on Pombo and the Mining lands he is trying to sell off. A name now coming up more and more frequently in Abramoff investigation news is that of Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Resources. That was prime territory for Jack Abramoff, seeing as the Resources Committee has jurisdiction over Indian tribal affairs, Pacific island territories as well as environment and natural resources -- pretty much one-stop shopping for a guy like Jack. So I went back through our stack of unpublished Team Abramoff emails to see how often folks from Pombo's office showed up on the Abramoff skybox freebie list. Pretty often, it turns out. Here's what we found for the year 2000, with the event in question, the Pombo staffer and the number of skybox seats they bagged. February 15th, 2000, Capitals/Avalanche Hockey Game Todd Willens, Legislative Director, 4 tickets March 24th, 2000, Circus Douge Heye, Press Secretary, 2 tickets April 30th, 2000, WWF Backlash Live Doug Heye, Press Secretary, 2 tickets August 6th 2000, WWF Attitude (with appearances by The Rock, Triple H, The Big Show, Chyna, Chris Jericho and the Undertaker), MCI Center. Doug Heye, Press Secretary, 2 tickets October 2nd, 2000 WWF Raw Is War, MCI Center. Doug Heye, Press Secretary, 2 tickets. Bear in mind that in 2000, Pombo wasn't chairman, but only a junior member of the committee. After the 2002 election, Tom DeLay stunned fellow committee members by promoting Pombo to Chairman, despite the fact that he was only the 10th most senior member of the committee. "The vote came down to Pombo and <rep elton="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gallegly," wrote a local paper at the time, "but in the end, Pombo was buoyed by strong support from House Republican Leader Tom DeLay and others, said several Republicans involved in the selection process."
-- Josh Marshall</rep></div></div></div>