Senate Bill Threatens Lawmakers' Day at the Ballpark
by Peter Overby, NPRApril 14, 2006
Fan-based lobbying is a time-honored tradition in Washington. A leisurely evening at a ballgame, or an afternoon in a luxury sky box, make for a good chance to get to know a politician and banter a bit about pending business. But the Senate's lobbying reform bill threatens to end that tradition.
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