It shouldn't surprise anyone that the Republicans in Congress have just completed the most successful six months of fund raising in their history, having thrilled their corporate friends with all their talk about melting down government, dismantling the welfare state and rinsing regulations out of everything from cable TV to salvage timber. More striking than the millions they have raised are the tactics they have been using to get them. As though the natural urge of money to follow power were not enough, the G.O.P. leaders have set about stiffening the rules of influence peddling. The goal is not only to...
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