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In 2005 and 2006, Democrats attacked the so-called “K Street Project,” a Republican initiative to cultivate relationships—financial and otherwise—with like-minded lobbyists working in downtown D.C.
Congressional staffers would leave the Hill, join friendly lobbying firms, and then funnel personal and PAC contributions to GOP legislators.
Democrats claimed to be sickened by this so-called “culture of corruption.”
“Professional lobbyists have become a virtual ‘back office’ for Congress and Congressmen, [serving] as travel agents, employment agencies, and authors of legislation,” said then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel on the House floor in 2005.
“The K Street Project, proudly promoted by Mr. DeLay and Sen. Santorum and the Republican leadership, in which quid pro quo was the blatantly articulated standard of conduct, is the most flagrant example of the aptly named ‘culture of corruption,” said then-Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland in 2006.
In 2005 and 2006, Democrats attacked the so-called “K Street Project,” a Republican initiative to cultivate relationships—financial and otherwise—with like-minded lobbyists working in downtown D.C.
Congressional staffers would leave the Hill, join friendly lobbying firms, and then funnel personal and PAC contributions to GOP legislators.
Democrats claimed to be sickened by this so-called “culture of corruption.”
“Professional lobbyists have become a virtual ‘back office’ for Congress and Congressmen, [serving] as travel agents, employment agencies, and authors of legislation,” said then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel on the House floor in 2005.
“The K Street Project, proudly promoted by Mr. DeLay and Sen. Santorum and the Republican leadership, in which quid pro quo was the blatantly articulated standard of conduct, is the most flagrant example of the aptly named ‘culture of corruption,” said then-Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland in 2006.
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