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For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was…

— Karen Hughes

Richard Shelby has a long history of sponsoring legislation that would only benefit his largest contributors, for trading earmarks of pork-barrel politics and personal…

— Ron Crumpton

In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate.

— Ron Johnson

Well, the senators I've enjoyed working with the most would be Ted Kennedy and Kent Conrad, because they were both either chairman or ranking…

— Judd Gregg

“In the 1970s, 3 percent of retiring members became lobbyists. Thirty years later, that number has increased by an order of magnitude. Between 1998…

— Lawrence Lessig

Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.

— Mark Kirk

The groups who spend the most on lobbying lawmakers in Washington are well-known: ExxonMobil, Boeing, AT&T, General Electric.

— Elizabeth Flock

As a member of the Senate Commerce and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees, I'll continue working with the Biden-Harris administration to strengthen workforce…

— Ben Ray Lujan

In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's the companies…

— Matt Taibbi

Washington has seldom seen so numerous, so industrious or so insidious a lobby. There is every evidence that money without limit is being spent…

— Woodrow Wilson

“Since the early 1990s, a shadow government has taken root along K Street, the Washington corridor that is home to block after stately block…

— Hedrick Smith

As things are now, no one can tell to whom members of Congress are responsible, except that it does not often appear to be…

— Shirley Chisholm