Word: lobbyist
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...Supreme Court meet to discuss and vote on cases on Friday mornings [and also sometimes on Wednesdays and Thursdays], they begin with the simple ritual of shaking hands. Then they sit down to decide on some of the nation's most sensitive, sometimes most divisive issues. No reporter, no lobbyist, no aide, not even a messenger is allowed in the paneled conference room. THE JUSTICES ARE LEFT ALONE TO ARGUE THE LAW, THEIR PRINCIPLES, THEIR CONSCIENCES. Theirs is not an abstract debate: comfortably hazy concepts like 'liberty' and 'equality' must be applied to urgent social and moral dilemmas?abortion...
...controversial super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff create a popular Washington restaurant just to make friends and influence people? Signatures, his gourmet trattoria on Pennsylvania Avenue, was renowned as a high-class feeding trough for politicians. Indeed, as Capitol Hill circulates a purported comp list from Signatures that includes eight Congressmen, TIME has obtained an e-mail showing that Abramoff offered a complimentary meal to a longtime ally who, like him, is in a lot of ethical hot water these days. His message, headed "Tom and Christine DeLay" and addressed to restaurant staff, is dated May 2, 2002, when Tom was House...
...from his tribal clients to advance his interests. It shows how easy it is for seasoned operators to violate the spirit of the law--possibly while staying within the letter of it--as they peddle influence. The correspondence also lays bare that, of the $7.7 million Abramoff and fellow lobbyist Michael Scanlon charged the Choctaw for projects in 2001, they spent $1.2 million for their efforts and split the rest in a scheme they called "gimme five." Most of all, it shines a bright light into the dark places of Washington where money, politics and lobbyists meet...
...twisted around in my chair and started an awkward conversation with the intern sitting behind me. I asked him his name, his university, his hometown; but as he told me, I was already forgetting. I then greeted one of the guest speakers, a lobbyist on the Hill. People always ask where you are from, he advised, and then where you are working. Finally, ask for the card, he said. I did, and he said he didnt bring any. I walked away, annoyed...
...these days, when I get the chance to share a few words with a lobbyist or businessman or congressional staffer, I grin stiffly and tell them that Im from California, but that I go to school at Harvard. And, after warning them that I might get in touch with them for lunch sometime, I ask for a business card...