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...Governor Richards made ethics a primary focus of her campaign, because there have been so many allegations of lobbyists' influence peddling, vote buying, bribery, that sort of thing. In 1989 we were treated to the spectacle of a lobbyist going onto the floor of the Texas Senate and handing out $10,000 checks. There was some legislation in which he was interested, so he just said, "We have a gift for you." It was that blatant...
...many different stages of intoxication. There are now famous tales of his drinking bouts in Capitol Hill restaurants, notably a favorite, La Brasserie, with Connecticut's Senator Christopher Dodd. Stories also abound of a drunken Kennedy making passes at women and, in one case, having sex with a woman lobbyist on the floor of a private room in La Brasserie. The latest reports from Palm Beach -- those involving Ted anyway -- suggest behavior that is merely a bit off: taking the younger generation out drinking in clubs in the middle of the night, maybe wandering around the house without his trousers...
Such is the stereotype of the Washington lobbyist. But it is a stereotype, observers say, that does not match the rigors and complexities of modern politicking...
...example, 57 local institutions of higher education, including Harvard, are members of Associated Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts, according to Roger Sullivan, the group's vice president and registered lobbyist...
...center of Arizona's sting operation -- quickly dubbed Azscam -- was a flamboyant Las Vegan who called himself J. Anthony Vincent. According to the indictment, Vincent assuaged the legislators' fears about hidden cameras and once reportedly stripped in front of a lobbyist to show he wasn't concealing a microphone. In fact, Vincent was an undercover agent named Joseph C. Stedino. Ortega says that 95% of the evidence comes from audio-and videotapes. In one police videotape, state representative Don Kenney, who faces 28 counts, is seen stuffing $55,000 in cash into a gym bag and joking about cameras being...