The buying of the Congress
Subtitle: how special interests have stolen your right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
By: Charles Lewis and the Center for Public Integrity
Contributors: Center for Public Integrity
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780380975969
Subjects: Corruptie; Pressiegroepen; États-Unis. Congress; USA; Lobbying; États-Unis; Kongress; Morale; Groupes de pression; United States. Congress; Pressure groups; Pressure-group; Ethics; Lobbyisme; United States; Lobbyismus
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-400) and index.
Table of contents: title: The death of conscience; title: Going, going, gone; title: The ways, the means, and the ends; title: The killing fields; title: The tainted table; title: Cash crop; title: The gun club; title: Prescription for disasters; title: The grim reapers; title: Fear of flying; title: Your money or your life; title: The price isn't right; title: Department of highway robbery; title: El Dorado on the Potomac; title: Future shock; title: The return of the trusts; title: Sold out; title: The turn of the screw; title: Third-class citizens; title: Reclaiming what's ours.