So damn much money
Subtitle: the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government
By: by Robert G. Kaiser.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Cassidy, Gerald S. J; United States. -- Congress -- Ethics; Lobbying -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Political corruption -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) 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: New American politics; 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: Government broken by politics; title: Hard times; title: A corroded culture.