Casino Jack and the United States of Money : Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, His Republican Allies, and the Buying of Washington

by STONE, PETER H.

• ISBN13: 9781933633695
• ISBN10: 1933633697
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-05-04
• Publisher: Melville House

Summary

The Indian-casino scandal has torn the veil off the Republican Party's conservative power base, revealing parts of the Washington lobbying community and GOP establishment where greed, arrogance, and corruption seem to have run amok. At the center of this drama is the larger-than-life super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, onetime B-movie producer, with deep ties to Republican heavyweights like Republican power broker Tom DeLay, Congressman Bob Ney (who was sentenced to thirty months in prison for his connection to the scandal), former head of the Christian Coalition Ralph Reed, influential anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, and others with links to the Bush administration. Abramoff, working with public relations whiz Michael Scanlon, a former DeLay aid, bilked several Indian tribes of tens of millions of dollars in fees and bought influence in Congress. More criminal charges are expected to follow throughout the election season in a scandal that has tarred many powerful Washington insiders, and whichThe New York Timeshas called "one of the most explosive in Congressional history." This paperback edition is fully updated and includes new information on John McCain, a central figure in probing the Abramoff scandal, who now finds his campaign heavily dependent on a few powerful lobbyists for fundraising and strategic advice.

Author Biography

Peter H. Stone, a writer for the National Journal, was one of the first reporters on the Abramoff story and has been following it closely since it broke in 2004. He has written for the the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and the Boston Globe. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 7
Double-Dealing	p. 17
The Birth of a Lobbyist	p. 40
Miami Vice	p. 70
The Indian Casino Empire	p. 86
The Fix	p. 109
The Influence Machine	p. 120
Conduits Are Us	p. 137
Endgame	p. 156
The Rules of the Game	p. 179
Epilogue	p. 193
Sources	p. 211
Acknowldegments	p. 213
Index	p. 215
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