Presidential Visitor List Is Released

WASHINGTON -- Andrew Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union, visited the White House 22 times between Inauguration Day and July 31, meeting with President Barack Obama seven times and leading all visitors recorded during that period in a White House visitor log released Friday. Business leaders had their share of visits as well, but not as numerous. James Dimon, chief executive of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., was listed as visiting six times, meeting the president and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers twice. Jeff Immelt, chief executive of General Electric Co., had five meetings, but none of those were with the president, according to the records. Some of the entries hint at influence from little-known figures. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a thinker in health policy, visited the White House seven times, meeting the president twice. Mr. Obama has said his administration wouldn't be influenced by lobbyists, but that hasn't slammed the door on them. Tony Podesta, a leading Democratic lobbyist, visited the White House five times, meeting with Deputy Chief of Staff Pete Rouse and Deputy National Economic Council Director Jason Furman. Democrats excoriated then-Vice President Dick Cheney for secret meetings with the energy industry, but the Obama White House has done its own outreach to Big Oil. Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil Corp., had three visits—with the president, Mr. Summers, and Carol Browner, who heads energy and environmental policy at the White House. David O'Reilly, the outgoing chief executive of Chevron Corp., had several visits as well.