HARRY REID

SENATOR (D), NEVADA

Born: 1939 • Year Elected: 1987 • Contributions Received: $19,849,396 • Votes Missed: <1%
Email: http://reid.senate.gov/contact ... • Website: http://reid.senate.gov/ • Phone: 202-224-3542

CONTROVERSIES: Reid's son and son-in-law have lobbied for almost every industry in Nevada, all of them seeking Reid's help on federal matters. In one incident, the Howard Hughes Corp. paid Reid's son-in-law's law firm $300,000 in lobbying fees and received "a provision allowing the company to acquire 998 acres of federal land ripe for development in the exploding Las Vegas metropolitan area." A Nevada law firm that employs all four of Reid's sons represented a group of real estate developers that received helpful provisions in the Clark County bill. READ MORE; Reid has acknowledged receiving $61,000 from clients or collegues of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- Reid's actions directly aided the interests of Abramoff's Native American clients; Reid helped longtime friend Harvey Whittemore, a multimillionaire lobbyist and land developer from Nevada, secure government land for development. For more Reid improprieties, see: Sourcewatch

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