Will the 110th Be Corrupt?
K Street happy with Hoyer victory
A party held in honor of a new House majority leader is bound to
draw a crowd, and space was tight last week on the 10th floor of
101 Constitution Ave., where supporters of Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)
gathered to celebrate his victory over John Murtha (D-Pa.).
That’s just wonderful. It is widely accepted that lobbyists grease
both sides of the aisle. And a politician is a politician. One could
make the case that it doesn’t matter. But the devil’s in the details.
When someone is at a party to celebrate the selection of a majority
leader for the 110th Congress and they hear lobbyists saying their
ok with Steny Hoyer as the new gatekeeper for legislation, more of
the same for the next Congress is likely. All the puffed up talk on
the culture of corruption will also be confirmed early as not going
away.
Stanford Harris
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