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Congress was in no rush to reform itself in the early 2000s, even as more and more of its members decamped for the lobbying world and started collecting fat paychecks. But the 2005 arrest of “super lobbyist” Jack Abramoff shamed Congress into action...

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Every year towards the end of July, Brussels shuts down: almost no traffic, public transport is even less reliable than at other times, restaurants close over summer, and after a little time of cleaning up the office, Eurocrats, lobbyists and whoever...

On paper, the influence-peddling business is drying up. But lobbying money is flooding Washington, DC like never before. What’s going on? It was 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and I found myself hanging around the House-side entrance to the...

“CARGOL TREU BANYA” BY ESTEVE NAVARRETE CONESA / ESTEVENAVARRETE.COM/ Editors’ note: In this interview, Cindy M. Lott, who has worked with the state charities regulation and enforcement community for many years and who is now also working with the federal...