As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was running for re-election, about $1 out of every $20 he raised for his massive war chest came from a tiny but elite group of Washington insiders: federally registered lobbyists and their immediate family members, according to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics of campaign finance data and lobbying reports.I suppose you have to attack the Koch brothers when no shower can get you clean.
In 2009 and 2010 alone, Reid raised about $919,000 from 572 lobbyists who were registered and actively lobbying during either one of those years, the Center found. That's more than any other member of the U.S. Senate
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Dirty Harry Reid: King Whore of Lobbyist Money
Flashback 2011. Open Secrets reports: