The progressive media breakfasts that were started by Michael Tomasky and Maria Leavey in early 2006 have been renamed in her memory, the Maria Leavey Breakfast Series. The first Maria Leavey Breakfast was held in June 2007.
2007 Guests:
Grover Norquist [June 14, 2007 / Transcript / Audio]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi [July 31, 2007 / Transcript / Audio]
John Podesta [September 6, 2007 / Audio]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi [November 16, 2007 / Transcript]
2006 Guests: Sen. Harry Reid, then-Rep. Sherrod Brown, Gov. Howard Dean, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Grover Norquist, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Ned Lamont.