02263cam a2200325 4500 545319122 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544103306 0544103300 B00E9FYUQM Amazon 4703175b-940e-4a90-bc2d-8b6b0bdf5360 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1433541 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Schweizer, Peter. Extortion [Libby eBook]. HMH Books, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 8MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>"Schweizer names guilty parties . . . He exposes powerful figures in politics, law firms, and corporations." — <i>Forbes</i><br /> <b>Washington is no longer about lawmaking, it's about moneymaking</b><br /> Conventional wisdom holds that Washington is broken because outside special interests bribe politicians. The reverse is true: politicians have developed a new set of brass-knuckle legislative tactics designed to extort wealthy industries and donors into forking over big donations — cash that lawmakers often funnel into the pockets of their friends and family.<br /> Inside this best-selling bombshell of a book, Schweizer reveals the exorbitant secret "fees" each political party charges politicians for top committee assignments; how fourteen members of Congress bagged hundreds of thousands of dollars using a little-known self-loan loophole; how politicians use PACs to bankroll lavish lifestyles; and much more. Washington's extortion racket has gone unreported — until now.</p>. Nonfiction. Politics. Media Type: eBook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/extortion-470317?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/extortion-470317?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/extortion-470317?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)