A former 18-year member of Congress who was a longtime friend of the tobacco industry while in office has become a paid consultant and registered lobbyist for tobacco giantReynolds American. Steve Buyer, a Republican congressman from Indiana from 1993 to 2011, had been the beneficiary of over $100,000 in Reynolds donations over the years and
Congressman Who Compared Cigarettes To Smoking Lettuce Becomes Lobbyist For R.J. Reynolds
An ashtray full of cigarette butts is shown in Omaha, Neb., in this March 28, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) A former 18-year member of Congress who was a longtime friend of the tobacco industry while in office has become a paid consultant and registered lobbyist for tobacco giantReynolds American. Steve Buyer, a […]