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On Roy Blunt’s Promise to Reform Lobbying Rules If He Becomes House Majority Leader

With plenty of friends on K Street, Roy Blunt is not as forthright as his name suggests.

Calvin Trillin

January 26, 2006

I must be blunt where Blunt’s concerned: In service to DeLay he earned His K Street Brownie points with clusters For calling lobbyists to musters Where bills were molded to a tee By K Street and the GOP. Yes, money poured from K Street tills So lobbyists could write these bills. Reformer’s what they call this guy? Then I’m the Sultan of Brunei.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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