Pay to play.Abramoff's rise also reflected the third great development in lobbying, which was its Republicanization. In a move that apparently was largely engineered by Grover Norquist Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is an influential American conservative activist and lobbyist. He currently serves as president of anti-tax lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform. and Tom DeLay, the Republicans who gained control of Congress in the 1994 election have increasingly insisted that lobbyists who want access to the Hill be Republicans and raise money for Republican candidates. This has helped solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. Republican congressional majorities. Now it appears that DeLay will get his comeuppance come·up·pance n. A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" . There also is a chance that Grover Norquist may be in trouble because of his extensive involvement with Abramoff. Gail Norton Nor·ton , Charles Eliot 1827-1908. American educator, writer, and editor who founded the Nation (1865). , Norquist's partner in founding Citizens for Tax Justice, and now secretary of interior, may also be in trouble. Her former deputy, Stephen Griles, was described by Abramoff as his "man at Interior." |
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