Storm Tips: Harry Reid's $5 million-a-year man
Posted by LegiStorm on Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Want to find out how much money a highly successful lobbyist can make in Washington from a position of unparalleled influence?
Check out the financial disclosure of David Krone, the senior adviser Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) hired back in December. His lobbying income last year? More than $5 million in salary, severance and living reimbursements.
Based on financial disclosures of other lobbyists-turned-staffers, Krone's take-home amount is an extreme outlier. Typical lobbyists make generous six-figure, not seven-figure, salaries.
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