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Paul Ryan’s wife a former lobbyist for the nuclear industry

Ryan and Rafianello also represented the Vermont Yankee Corp., a nuclear power plant, on “nuclear waste issues,” according to federal lobbying registration forms. The company paid $180,000 over three years between 1998 and 2000, while Vermont Yankee was being sold; its owners hoped more favorable tax laws would make it more attractive to buyers.

Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan’s Wife, Lobbied For Cigar, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical Industries HUFFINGTON POST. Christina Wilki  08/14/2012 WASHINGTON –– Janna Ryan was introduced to America on Saturday as a stay-at-home mom who has raised three children while her husband, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), built a career in Washington.

But the wife of Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick spent a decade in Washington herself, first as a congressional aide and then as a corporate lobbyist, whose clients included the cigar industry, a logging company, drugmakers, the health insurance industry and a nuclear power plant. The details of Janna Ryan’s lobbying career come as Democrats and Republican party insiders question whether Paul Ryan’s career in government, and his scant private sector experience, are at odds with Mitt Romney’s pro-business, anti-Washington message.

Ryan, born Janna Christine Little, quit her lobbying job shortly after marrying her husband in late 2000, but by all accounts she was an effective lobbyist before that. Over just three years, Ryan’s 20 corporate clients paid more than $2.7 million in lobbying fees to her two employers, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Williams & Jensen, according to records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics…..

August 15, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized