FOR WHOM DOES CONGRESS WORK? Corporations, unions and other interests spent a record-setting $2.79 billion in 2007 on lobbying Washington officials for favorable policies. Blackstone Group LP successfully halted an effort in Congress recently to raise taxes on the profits of its senior partners. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.