Kaiser, Robert G.,  1943- <br/><br/>
So damn much money :  the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government / 
Robert G. Kaiser. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2009. 
 - x, 398 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307266545 0307266540 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008033862 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cassidy, Gerald S. J.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress --Ethics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lobbying--Corrupt practices--United States.<br/>Political corruption--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK1118  / .K35 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>328.73/078