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'''Larry Lee Pressler''' was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on March 29, 1942. <br />
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==Education==<br />
* 1964 graduated from University of South Dakota, Vermillion<br />
* 1966 attended Oxford University, England, as a Rhodes Scholar<br />
* 1971 received a graduate degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard<br />
* 1971 graduated, Harvard Law School<br />
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==Congressional career==<br />
He was a member of the U.S. House (R-S.D.) from 1974-1979 and a member of the U.S. Senate (R-S.D.) from 1979-1997. In 1980 he had a brush with the [[Abscam bribery scandal]] when undercover FBI agents attempted to bribe him. Pressler refused the bribe, but seven other members of Congress went to jail in the scandal. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,921807,00.html]<br />
* See the main Congresspedia article on the '''[[Abscam bribery scandal]]'''.<br />
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He lost his seat to Tim Johnson in the 1996 election.<br />
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==Post-congressional career==<br />
He was a member of the 'Congressional Advisory Board' of the [[Center on Regulation and Economic Growth]] of the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]] (AdTI) in 1994 and 1995. [http://www.pmdocs.com/PDF/2044313091_3094.PDF]<br />
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Larry Pressler is chairman of Pressler & Associates, a government relations/consulting firm in Washington DC and Sioux Falls South Dakota, specializing in telecommunications and transportation.<br />
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Since leaving the Senate "he has practiced law, taught, lobbied, and served on corporate boards of Directors. He was a Senior Partner at O'Connor & Hannan Law firm in Washington, D.C. He formed his own law/consulting firm, Pressler Group LLC (www.senatorlarrypressler.com). He is presently affiliated with Alcade & Fay," his biographical note states. [http://www.larrypressler.com/biography.html]<br />
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"Pressler served as a member of Republican Presidential Candidate George W. Bush's IT Steering Committee 2000, and was a member of the Bush Transition Team in January and February 2001," a biogrpahical noter on his website states. [http://www.larrypressler.com/]<br />
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==Contact details==<br />
Larry Pressler <br><br />
800 25th Street, NW<br><br />
The Plaza, Suite 504<br><br />
Washington, D.C. 20037<br><br />
Telephone: 202-546-5959<br><br />
Fax: 202-546-5958<br><br />
Web: http://www.larrypressler.com<br />
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==Other SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Center on Regulation and Economic Growth]]<br />
*[[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]]<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*"[http://www.larrypressler.com/ Biography 2004], ''LarryPressler.com'', accessed October 2004.<br />
*"[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000513 PRESSLER, Larry Lee]", ''Biographical Directory of the American Congress ''<br />
*"[http://www.skycapitalholdings.com/management/advisory_board/ Advisory Board, Senator Larry Pressler]", ''Sky Capital Holdings Ltd.'', 2003<br />
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