Word: scandalized
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Almost two months after lobbyist Jack Abramoff's plea agreement as part of a public corruption scandal, the Senate has started an intense debate on proposals to reform lobbying. And for a Congress noted for its ever-increasing partisanship, this issue seems to be creating an unusual level of consensus. In the next few days, the Senate is likely to pass a bill that stops lobbyists from offering gifts, including meals, to members, requires more disclosure of members' contact with lobbyists, makes ex-congressmen wait longer before they cash in on their congressional service and become high-powered lobbyists...
...Moreover, with the constant need to raise money for political campaigns, lobbyists are an invaluable tool to help members of Congress. While the fallout from the Abramoff scandal has resulted in some members' canceling parties and fundraisers hosted by interest groups, lobbyists and the groups they work will remain among the biggest donors in politics. And the reality is, for all the talk about lobbying reform, Congress has never been known to bite the hand that feeds...
...Pentagon says it has instituted reforms to prevent the detainee abuse that occurred in the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal from ever happening again. But in a scathing 48-page report released on Monday, Amnesty International concludes that whatever reforms have been put into effect are clearly not doing the job: Mistreatment of detainees in Iraq, particularly by Iraqi security forces, is still widespread, Amnesty argues...
Poor Lucy. Five months after setting up shop in Sin City, jilting suitors around the country in favor of a sugar daddy who courted her with a new $40 million home, she discovers the fleeting nature of Las Vegas romance. A sultry soap opera? Political scandal? No--just the harsh reality of Broadway in Vegas...
...this is not simply an issue of style. As the recent multi-million-dollar Russian reform fraud scandal involving his close friend and fellow economist Jones Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer ’82 illustrates, Summers also has an ethics problem. This is perhaps most starkly evident in the way that he worked to maintain a fortress of secrecy around him while employing Washington-style political tactics as a way to embarrass or humiliate colleagues. In Summers’ inner circle, economics is about power rather than principle. And this debilitating corporate worldview—where market values...