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So damn much money : the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government / Robert G. Kaiser.

by Kaiser, Robert G., 1943-

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

Cassidy, Gerald S. J.

United States. Congress -- Ethics.

Lobbying -- Corrupt practices -- United States.

Political corruption -- United States.

United States -- Politics and government.

x, 398 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-377) and index.

A scandal for our time -- Looking down on the Capitol -- The art of self-invention -- A Washington that worked -- A new kind of business -- Corrupt or correct? -- Earmarks become routine -- A great awakening -- A marriage unravels -- "Would that be proper?" -- A money machine -- Disaster averted -- Tricks of the lobbying trade -- The new technology of politics -- Disorder in the House -- Becoming a conglomerate -- Influencing policy for profit -- Public service, private rewards -- Radical ends, radical means -- Cash cow on the Potomac -- Elections bought and sold -- Politics, then government -- Hard times -- A corroded culture.

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