TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kaiser,Robert G.
TI  - So damn much money: the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government 
SN  - 9780307266545
AV  - JK1118 .K35 2009
U1  - 328.73/078 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Cassidy, Gerald S. J.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Lobbying
KW  - Corrupt practices
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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
ER  -