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Author Continetti, Matthew.
Title The K Street Gang : the rise and fall of the Republican machine / Matthew Continetti.
Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, c2006.
Open Library Cover
Location Call No. Status
 Stack 3  324.273 C    IN LIBRARY
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 273 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-263) and index.
Contents The December revolution : Tom DeLay and the rise of the K Street conservatives -- The gang : how the College Republicans launched the career of a con artist -- The K Street Project : The Republican takeover of the lobbying industry -- The petri dish : how a tiny commonwealth corrupted the conservative movement -- Rogues' gallery : even bad guys need a lobbyist -- The hit : Jack Abramoff's corrupt casino deal -- The tribes : the triumph of K Street conservatism -- The shakedown : greed gone wild -- The sorcerer's apprentice : how one lobbyist became entangled in Jack Abramoff's web -- The unraveling : how to catch a crooked lobbyist -- The cure : spectators to an orgy of "reform."
Subject DeLay, Tom D., 1947-
Abramoff, Jack.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Conservatism -- United States.
Lobbyists -- United States.
Political corruption -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
Added Title Rise and fall of the Republican machine
ISBN 038551672X
9780385516723
Standard No. 9780385516723