01714nam a2200349u 4500 229026777 OCoLC 20190501180819.0 ta 090618s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng d 2008033862 9780307266545 0307266540 (OCoLC)229026777 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER n-us--- JK1118 .K35 2009 328.73/078 22 Kaiser, Robert G., 1943- 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. Includes bibliographical references 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. Cassidy, Gerald S. J. United States. Congress Ethics. Lobbying Corrupt practices United States. Political corruption United States. United States Politics and government. 9 6782 6782 0 0 ABELJ abelj NF 2016-10-26 0 328.73 KAIS 6438 2016-10-26 27.95 2016-10-26 BOOK