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...Shuster, the story has drawn attention to another, more common type of intimacy between Congress members and those who seek to influence them. Says Josh Goldstein of the Center for Responsive Politics: "His situation really describes in a compact way the culture of Washington." Even while working as a lobbyist, Eppard heads a fund-raising operation for Shuster that in 1995 surpassed $600,000. The effort is all the more remarkable as he has run unopposed since 1984, when he trounced Nancy Kulp, who played Jane Hathaway on the Beverly Hillbillies. In November he faces Monte Kemmler, a largely unknown...
Shuster and Eppard insist that he has done nothing special for his longtime aide or her clients. But the real value of effective lobbyists is the ability to make a member of Congress pay attention to the causes they promote. At a conference committee on highway legislation last fall, Shuster rankled some in the Senate by tying up talks for weeks with his demands to loosen the federal restriction that keeps billboards off scenic roadways. The billboard industry is both an Eppard client and a leading Shuster contributor. One question that Common Cause may ask the ethics committee to investigate...
...founder of a conservative pac, a former Randolph County commissioner and a regular G.O.P. crowd pleaser. He intends to maintain his commercial plugs while running for the state office. Are Democrats properly geared up? Their starting position consists of a six-way primary contest among four women, a lawyer-lobbyist and a prizewinning eater who once downed 38 eggs in 29 seconds. A state Democratic senator offers this money-saving, if radical, strategy: abolish the post of secretary of state and transfer its duties to the lieutenant governor...
...former Capitol Hill lobbyist for India, it is only natural that she would be fascinated by the subject matter...
...junket to Palm Springs, California, if your friendships are sufficiently close. This being Washington, there is a sheaf of guidelines defining this ineffable state, and the very careful can get an advisory opinion certifying the degree of closeness in case one is reported for impermissible fraternization with a known lobbyist. The House guidelines mix lawyerly analysis with primer language the most ethically challenged can understand, employing kindergarten names such as Moe Member, Larry Lobbyist and Stella Staffer to make their points. (Example: Carla Congresswoman lunches periodically with Edna Executive. Edna always picks up the tab. Aside from these lunches...