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organization known as the "K Street Project." Discussion The nations capital is a planned city: it was laid out on a grid in four quarters, NE, NW, SE, SW, with
the result that the streets run at crazy angles and it takes forever to get anywhere. One of those quaint little streets is K Street, and its lined not with
boutiques and restaurants but with powerful political lobbyists. Among the most powerful-and notorious-is the so-called K Street Project, a group whose avowed purpose is to make sure that all the
top jobs in influential corporations go to Republicans. Lobbyists have always been part of the Washington scene, unfortunately, "bending lawmakers ears and even helping to craft bills" (Chaddock, 2003).
But until the 1990s, most lobbyists were Democrats; today however the big push is to hire Republicans for these positions (Chaddock, 2003). Some GOP strategists now see K Street as
a viable career path: "Serve in Congress, then retire to a pot of gold to follow in a job representing business interests on Capitol Hill" (Chaddock, 2003). When it comes
to filling the influential firms on K Street, "Republicans are putting the Democrats to shame," according to Frank Clemente, who is director of Public Citizens Congress Project (Chaddock, 2003). According
to Clemente, "The revolving door is becoming more comfortably established and institutionalized" (Chaddock, 2003). There has been a significant shift in the way K Street money is allocated, as
well. In 1990, "lobbyists contributed $3 million to members of Congress, 26 percent to Republicans" but in 1996, the contributions were 50-50 (Chaddock, 2003). In 2002, the figure rose to
$16.2 million, 52% of which went to Republicans (Chaddock, 2003). In some industries, however, the surge of money is even more lopsided. The pharmaceutical industry, which is rapidly becoming one
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