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Revolving Door: Harry Reid's $5 million man; and a Ted Stevens staffer cashes out
By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
07/09/09 5:13 PM EDT
Two brief items from the revolving door between business and policy-making:
1) Legistorm--an excellent source for data on the salaries, personal finances, and travel of congressmen and staffers--has an interesting blog post up now on David B. Krone, a former vice president at Comcast and the National Cable Television Association. Krone earned $5 million last year, including $3 million in salary from Comcast, and then he left that gig to be a senior advisor to Harry Reid, the Senate's majority leader.
2) Margaret Sidney Ashworth, who was a top Senate Appropriations Committee staffer, has cashed out, becoming a defense lobbyist. This week, she registered the Ashworth Group and her first three clients: Raytheon, Boeing, and General Dynamics.
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