WASHINGTON – Former LaCrosse member of Congress Ron Kind has joined the Washington public relations company Arnold & Porter as a senior policy advisor. Kind, a Democrat, had represented western Wisconsin 26 years in Congress. His responsibilities with Arnold & Porter include helping clients with “complex policy and legal issues,” Kind said. In Congress Kind was a leader on health care, tax and trade issues.
Lobbying limits
Restrictions prohibit former members of Congress from direct lobbying, but the restrictions eventually expire. About 400 former Congress members have jobs with the lobbying firms under the title “senior policy adviser.” Generally they are paid more than their former Congressional salaries — $174,00 a year.
Arnold & Porter profile
Arnold & Porter is an international law firm with a large lobbying presence in Washington. The Washington office has 140 persons on the professional staff. The offices are less than a mile from the Capitol at the fashionable 601 Masxachusetts Avenue Northwest address, an easy walk or cab ride.