So damn much money
Subtitle: the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government
By: Robert G. Kaiser
Edition: 1st Vintage books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780307385888
Subjects: Lobbying; Corrupt practices; Ethics; Political corruption; Politics and government; United States. Congress; United States
Notes: Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2009. With new epilogue.

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