So is Scott Trotter, a former ethics crusader who now toils for a power company famous for treating lawmakers with the drinks they deserve. The Commission didn't have the gumption to insist that Harriman try to outlaw well-known abuses. Harriman's bill is better dead than read. But it will pass because it gives greedy senators cover for trouncing Webb's bill, whose only major flaw was its omission of limits on the executive branch. The celebration's at the country club.
Drinks are on the lobbyists.
The public isn't invited.