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| | A Lobbyist's Progress |
 | | Abramoff was until recently a registered lobbyist, and Scanlon offers himself as a public affairs specialist, but more precisely they are what Republicans in Washington used to call "Beltway Bandits," profiteers who manipulate the power of big government on behalf of well-heeled people who pay them tons of money to do so. |
 | | Sometime around 1995, Republicans in Washington stopped using the term "Beltway Bandits." |
 | | But they still exist, and how, and if you're a bandito of the Beltway variety, being "in the news" is a delicate matter. |
| www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/022nwtca.asp (600 words) |
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