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Who Is Harry Reid Kidding?
National Republican Senatorial Committee ^ | January 24, 2006 | Staff

Posted on 01/25/2006 2:18:30 PM PST by flattorney

Who Is Harry Kidding?

In Speech Blasting Republicans For A Culture Of Corruption Harry Reid Demonstrates His Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds Reid Pointed Fingers At President Bush For "Stonewalling" About His Connections To Jack Abramoff

Reid Today: “Finally, we must hear the President commit to honest leadership. In his 2000 campaign, George Bush promised to bring ‘dignity’ to the White House, but we’ve since found that he brought Jack Abramoff instead. President Bush needs to quit stonewalling about his White House’s connection to corruption, and finally tell us how he’s going to reform Washington. Honest leadership is not a partisan goal.” (Senator Harry Reid [D-NV], “The Real State Of Our Union,” Center For American Progress, January 24, 2006)

Reid Knows A Bit About “Stonewalling” On Abramoff Connections: Reid Has Stonewalled Plenty Of His Own

Reid: “So Don’t Lump Me In With Jack Abramoff. This Is A Republican Scandal. Don’t Try To Give Any Of It To Me.” (Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), “Fox News Sunday,” December 18, 2005)

Reid: “Any Money That I Received, Had No Fingerprints Of Jack Abramoff On It.” (Senator Harry Reid, Press Conference With Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) And Candidate Jim Pederson (D-AZ), Phoenix, AZ, January 10, 2006)

(Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed January 12, 2006)

Reid: “Eddie Ayoob Didn’t Work For Jack Abramoff, He Worked For A 1,000-Member Law Firm.” (Erica Werner, “Reid Says His ‘Conscience Is Clear’ Despite GOP Abramoff Attacks,” The Associated Press, January 18, 2006)

Reid Blasted Republicans For “Invit[ing] Lobbyists Inside Our Nation’s Capitol”

Reid Today: “And then, we have the Republican ‘K-Street Project,’ which has invited lobbyists inside our nation’s Capitol, as long as they are willing to pay the right price. . . . When we make leaders accountable to people, not lobbyists, there is no limit to how far America can go.” (Senator Harry Reid [D-NV], “The Real State Of Our Union,” Center For American Progress, January 24, 2006)

Reid Knows A Bit About Lobbyists Inside Our Nation’s Capitol: His Family Members Used To Lobby His Own Staffers

When It Comes To Family Members Who Lobby The Government, Reid “Is In A Class By Himself.” “At least 17 senators and 11 members of the House have children, spouses or other close relatives who lobby or work as consultants, most in Washington . . . . But Harry Reid is in a class by himself. One of his sons and his son-in-law lobby in Washington for companies, trade groups and municipalities seeking Reid’s help in the Senate. A second son has lobbied in Nevada for some of those same interests, and a third has represented a couple of them as a litigator. In the last four years alone, their firms have collected more than $2 million in lobbying fees from special interests that were represented by the kids and helped by the senator in Washington. So pervasive are the ties among Reid, members of his family and Nevada’s leading industries and institutions that it’s difficult to find a significant field in which such a relationship does not exist.” (Chuck Neubauer and Richard T. Cooper, “In Nevada, The Name To Know Is Reid,” Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2003)

Reid’s Sons And Son-In-Law Used To Lobby Reid’s Own Staff On Pending Legislation Affecting Nevada. “In an internal memo, [Reid chief of staff Susan] McCue said Reid’s family members had lobbied his staff by ‘supplying research, technical support and strategic guidance.’ She described them as ‘effective advocates for their clients.’” (Chuck Neubauer and Richard T. Cooper, “In Nevada, The Name To Know Is Reid,” Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2003)

Reid Said He Saw No Problem With His Sons Lobbying His Staffers Until The Los Angeles Times Started Asking Questions. “Reid said in an interview that he sees no problem with lobbying by relatives, because lobbyists’ activities are ‘very transparent.’ . . . In September 2001, Reid sent a letter to his staff telling them that he had sought guidance from the Senate Ethics Committee and had been advised that there was no restriction on lobbying by a relative of a senator. He told his staff to treat his family members who were lobbyists no better or worse than any other lobbyist. Soon after The Times interviewed him about his children’s activities last fall, the senator decided to ban relatives from lobbying his office entirely. The ban applies to members of Reid’s family but not to colleagues at the firms where they work, such as former Sen. Bryan.” (Chuck Neubauer and Richard T. Cooper, “In Nevada, The Name To Know Is Reid,” Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2003)

From 2001-2002, The Law Firm Of Harry Reid’s Sons And Its Clients Identified By The Los Angeles Times Contributed Over $150,000 To Reid’s Leadership PAC In Soft Money. According to records filed with the Internal Revenue Service, Harry Reid’s leadership PAC, Searchlight Leadership Fund, received over $150,000 in unregulated and unlimited soft money from Lionel Sawyer & Collins and the entities which the Los Angeles Times found it represents. (Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed January 17, 2006)

Reid’s Office Eventually Instituted A Policy To Prohibit His Family Members From Lobbying His Office, AFTER Completion Of A Bill That Benefited His Family’s Clients. “Reid spokesman Tessa Hafen said Monday it was coincidence that the policy was issued after completion of the land bill.” (Tony Batt, “Lobbying Congress: Senator Downplays Family Ties,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 24, 2003)


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 109th; abramoff; corruption; harryreid; nrsc; reid; senatedems
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1 posted on 01/25/2006 2:18:32 PM PST by flattorney
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To: flattorney

It's about damn time the Party decided it must run back to it's base. Election season is at hand. :>)!


2 posted on 01/25/2006 2:24:33 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: flattorney
Lobbying is rampant, and he who has access can influence the votes of senators and reps...

What I really want to see is a solid quid-pro-quo... $$ to Reid influencing his vote on bills.. I'm sure we can get an "uncharacteristic" vote linked to donations - he took so many...

3 posted on 01/25/2006 2:25:35 PM PST by ziggygrey
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To: flattorney

I doubt whether any of these inconvenient facts will make it onto the front page of the New York Times.


4 posted on 01/25/2006 2:30:08 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: flattorney

Yes, but will the facts make the news?


5 posted on 01/25/2006 2:31:12 PM PST by pankot
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To: flattorney

Harry Reid can't even walk stright.


6 posted on 01/25/2006 2:33:20 PM PST by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: Unicorn
These fools have gotten on my last ragged nerve. They are the enemy pure and simple.
7 posted on 01/25/2006 2:38:09 PM PST by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
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To: flattorney

"Honest leadership"

Coming from a Democrat, honest anything would be refreshing.


8 posted on 01/25/2006 3:46:48 PM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: DustyMoment

Reid, Hoyer, Pelosi

I would post this GOP bashing video link, but it would make too many fine members of this outstanding site throw-up.

No wonder openly admitted Marxists, Communists, Socialists, Anti-Capitalists, Atheists, ultra liberals, dope heads, and anyone who hates American values and culture, love these Democrats. They are all ignorant, brain fried, fraudulent losers.

9 posted on 01/25/2006 4:14:25 PM PST by flattorney ( The DeLay Chronicles - Updated 24/7: http://www.freerepublic.com/~flattorney)
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To: flattorney
They are all ignorant, brain fried, fraudulent losers.

Sooooooo, tell me; how do you REALLY feel about the Dems!!??

LOL!!! I feel the same way about'em.
10 posted on 01/25/2006 6:44:19 PM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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