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The Reid Connections The Reid connections The senator The sons, all of whom are lawyers at Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Nevada’s largest law firm The son-in-law Harry Reid, 63, senior Rory Reid, 40, graduate of Leif Reid, 35, graduate of Josh Reid, 31, graduate of Key Reid, 28, graduate Steven Barringer, 47, senator from Nevada, first Brigham Young University Stanford Law School, a University of Arizona law of George Mason graduate of Brigham Young elected in 1986; assistant law shcool; only politician litigator; former assistant school; holds a master’s University School of Law; law school; married to minority leader; member of among the sons so far; U.S. attorney; Republican in environmental science former star midfielder on Reid’s only daughter; Appropriations Committee; elected member of the senator from Nevada from Yale University of Virginia principal in government- vice chairman of the Ethics Clark County Board of recently put Leif’s name soccer team; lobbyist in relations consulting firm Committee; vice chairman Commissioners; former among possible nominees firm’s Washington office McClure, Gerard & of the Ethics committee chairman of Nevada state for federal court vacancy Neuenschwander since Democratic Party November 2000; lawyer at Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky from April 1999 to October 2000 Real estate The special interest What Sen. Reid has done How much family members’ firms have been paid* Howard Hughes Corp. Sponsored legislation that gave the company 998 $300,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer and acres of prime Las Vegas real estate through a others to lobby federal land swap. City of Henderson Sponsored legislation that freed 4,000 acres of $220,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer and federal land for development and annexation near others to lobby Henderson. City of Las Vegas and Sponsored legislation that freed 18,000 acres $40,000 paid by Las Vegas and $100,000 city of North Las Vegas for development and annexation by the two by North Las Vegas to the Lionel Sawyer cities. firm for Key Reid and others to lobby Pershing County Water Helped push legislation that allowed federal land $80,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer Reclamation District to be transferred to local irrigation district. and others to lobby Coyote Springs, a real Sponsored legislation that would have moved a Reid’s four sons all work with Whittemore, estate development federal power line easement off the property who is a senior partner at Lionel Sawyer project headed by Whittemore wants to develop, freeing up to 11,000 Harvey Whittemore acres for a new subdivision. Reid dropped the measure after the Los Angeles Times and Senate staffers raised questions. The proposed Meadow Sponsored legislation that allows them to put a Undisclosed amount to the Lionel Sawyer Valley Generating Plant, pipeline through a part of what had been firm for Rory and others to lobby in Nevada developed by PG&E protect protected wilderness area. National Energy Group Gambling The special interest What Sen. Reid has done How much family members’ firms have been paid* American Gaming Assn. Has been a tireless supporter of gaming $30,000 to the Dickstein firm for Barringer and industry. Fought against legislative efforts to others to lobby impose a nationwide ban on wagering on college $180,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer and sports, which is legal only in Nevada others to lobby Nevada Resort Assn., the Challenged tribal gaming outside Nevada that Undisclosed amount to the Lionel Sawyer firm state casino trade group threatened to cut into the state’s gaming for Leif and Rory Reid to represent the resort business. Fought proposed ban on college- association and the Nevada Mining Assn. sports betting Mining The special interest What Sen. Reid has done How much family members’ firms have been paid* National Mining Assn., Had been a steady advocate in the Senate for $320,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer the mining industry trade hard-rock mining. Fought attempts to replace and others to lobby group century-old, $5-an-acre charge for extracting minerals from federal lands with a sizeable royalty payment. Delayed or modified the federal government’s tough new environmental and land- use rules for mining on federal lands. Placer Dome See above. $320,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer and others to lobby; $5,000 a month paid to the Lionel Sawyer firm for Rory Reid and others to be the company’s “eyes and ears” in Nevada Newmont See above. $140,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer and other to lobby Barrick Goldstrike See above. $60,000 to the Dickstein firm for Barringer and others to lobby Homestake Mining See above. $80,000 to the Dickstein firm for Barringer and others to lobby Battle Mountain GoldSee above. $60,000 to the Dickstein firm for Barringer and others to lobby Nevada Mining Assn.See above. Undisclosed amount to the Lionel Sawyer firm for Rory Reid and others to lobby in NevadaRory and Other special interests The special interest What Sen. Reid has done How much family members’ firms have been paid* University of Nevada at Helped the school secure millions of $10,000 a month to the Lionel Sawyer firm Reno dollars in specially earmarked funds in for lobbying by Barringer and former Sen. his work on the Senate Appropriations Richard Bryan Committee. Kerr-McGee Corp. Helped the oil and chemcial company Undisclosed amount to the Lionel Sawyer get federal funds to help pay to clean firm for Rory Reid and others to lobby in up radioactive waste at a company Nevada plant near Chicago. Heli USA Airways, a Opposed federal attempts to restrict $20,000 to the Dickstein firm for Barringer leading Grand Canyon Grand Canyon tours. and others to lobby tour operator Air Products & Backed a $10.8-million public-private Undisclosed amount ot the Lionel Sawyer Chemicals Inc. partnership between the company and firm for Rory Reid and others to lobby in federal government to build a hydrogen Nevada filling station for buses. Nevada Test Helped funnel millions of dollars in $20,000 to the McClure firm for Barringer Development Site Corp. federal funds to develop the test site. and others to lobby federal agencies * Unless otherwise noted Sources: Federal lobbyist forms filed with the House and Senate by Key Reid for 2002 and Steven Barringer for 1999 through 2002; state lobbyist forms filed by Rory Reid for 2002 with the Nevada Legislative Reference Office; congressional bills, news releases and documents; legal records; interview with Sen. Harry Reid; interviews with clients of the Reid family. Los Angeles Times.
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