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A Lobbyist's Excesses Make Case for Reform. - USA Today, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 12, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: A Lobbyist's Excesses Make Case for Reform, May 23, 2005; pp. A10.
"As a general rule, when a lobbyist becomes a household name outside Washington it is not a good thing--not for the lobbyist and, most certainly, not for the rest of us....A little over a decade after the last big ethics scandal, the level of corruption in Washington has become, if anything, worse. The scandal this time isn't so much that lobbyists try to buy lawmakers. It's how easily some lawmakers allow themselves to be bought." (USA TODAY) This editorial addresses congressional ethics and argues that "the reform needed most is in the attitudes of those congressmen who spend more time with lobbyists than with the people who elect them--and often feel entitled to the perks that lobbyists offer."
1522-3248;
U.S. Congress --Ethics
Ethics
Legislative bodies--Reform
Lobbying
Lobbyists
Political corruption
Political ethics
AC1.S5
050
A Lobbyist's Excesses Make Case for Reform. - USA Today, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 12, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: A Lobbyist's Excesses Make Case for Reform, May 23, 2005; pp. A10.
"As a general rule, when a lobbyist becomes a household name outside Washington it is not a good thing--not for the lobbyist and, most certainly, not for the rest of us....A little over a decade after the last big ethics scandal, the level of corruption in Washington has become, if anything, worse. The scandal this time isn't so much that lobbyists try to buy lawmakers. It's how easily some lawmakers allow themselves to be bought." (USA TODAY) This editorial addresses congressional ethics and argues that "the reform needed most is in the attitudes of those congressmen who spend more time with lobbyists than with the people who elect them--and often feel entitled to the perks that lobbyists offer."
1522-3248;
U.S. Congress --Ethics
Ethics
Legislative bodies--Reform
Lobbying
Lobbyists
Political corruption
Political ethics
AC1.S5
050