A story in USA Today highlights a true appearance of corruption, and it has nothing to do with financing America’s political campaigns: “Lobbying groups employed 30 family members last year to influence spending bills that their relatives with ties to the House and Senate appropriations committees oversaw or helped write.”
Lobbyists defending the practice come off sounding less than credible: “Lobbyist William Clyburn Jr. said he sees no benefit to having family on the Appropriations Committee. The lobbyist is the son of Rep. Clyburn’s first cousin, and Clyburn said he grew up calling the lawmaker ‘uncle.'”
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