PROMISES, PROMISES: Much lobbyist help undisclosed (AP)

Calendar September 17, 2009 | Posted by billspaced

Yahoo! | Politics

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2006 file photo, Jack Abramoff leaves Federal Court in Washington. Few members of Congress are disclosing the fundraising help they get from lobbyists despite a new law that is supposed to make it easy for the public to track campaign connections between lawmakers and the people hired to influence them, an Associated Press review found. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, FILE)AP – Few members of Congress are disclosing that lobbyists are helping them raise campaign cash despite a new law that was supposed to shed light on the ties between lawmakers and the capital’s influence brokers, an Associated Press review found.

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