A Lobbyist's Excesses Make Case for Reform. .
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 12Human Relations. Publisher: USA Today, 2005ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Ethics | Legislative bodies -- Reform | Lobbying | Lobbyists | Political corruption | Political ethics | U.S. Congress -- EthicsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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."
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