Democracy Inc: How Members of Congress Have Cashed In On Their Jobs
Author:
Series:
Publisher:
Diversion Books
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description
An investigation into how legislators have taken advantage of their positions—and of weak financial disclosure laws—to make millions.
After a historic financial crisis led Congress to unprecedented economic intervention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post began an investigation that pierced the secrecy of the deeply flawed financial disclosure system that governs the 535 men and women who draft the nation’s laws.
Members of Congress directed millions of dollars to infrastructure projects near their residences and businesses, in some cases paving roads in front of their houses. They made major trades in the stocks of companies pressing them for legislation. They wrote laws favoring industries in which they were invested. They sponsored bills on which their own family members were paid to lobby. All of it is legal under the rules Congress has written for itself. Democracy Inc. shows the consequences of this system.
After a historic financial crisis led Congress to unprecedented economic intervention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post began an investigation that pierced the secrecy of the deeply flawed financial disclosure system that governs the 535 men and women who draft the nation’s laws.
Members of Congress directed millions of dollars to infrastructure projects near their residences and businesses, in some cases paving roads in front of their houses. They made major trades in the stocks of companies pressing them for legislation. They wrote laws favoring industries in which they were invested. They sponsored bills on which their own family members were paid to lobby. All of it is legal under the rules Congress has written for itself. Democracy Inc. shows the consequences of this system.
More Details
ISBN:
9781626810044
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | a13ce2bb-5802-08df-d2f9-8a63dbed510a |
---|---|
Grouping Title | democracy inc how members of congress have cashed in on their jobs |
Grouping Author | the washington post |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2023-12-01 04:07:51AM |
Last Indexed | 2023-12-01 04:41:36AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
The Washington Post
author_display
The Washington Post
available_at_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
detailed_location_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
display_description
An investigation into how legislators have taken advantage of their positions—and of weak financial disclosure laws—to make millions.
After a historic financial crisis led Congress to unprecedented economic intervention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post began an investigation that pierced the secrecy of the deeply flawed financial disclosure system that governs the 535 men and women who draft the nation’s laws.
Members of Congress directed millions of dollars to infrastructure projects near their residences and businesses, in some cases paving roads in front of their houses. They made major trades in the stocks of companies pressing them for legislation. They wrote laws favoring industries in which they were invested. They sponsored bills on which their own family members were paid to lobby. All of it is legal under the rules Congress has written for itself. Democracy Inc. shows the consequences of this system.
After a historic financial crisis led Congress to unprecedented economic intervention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post began an investigation that pierced the secrecy of the deeply flawed financial disclosure system that governs the 535 men and women who draft the nation’s laws.
Members of Congress directed millions of dollars to infrastructure projects near their residences and businesses, in some cases paving roads in front of their houses. They made major trades in the stocks of companies pressing them for legislation. They wrote laws favoring industries in which they were invested. They sponsored bills on which their own family members were paid to lobby. All of it is legal under the rules Congress has written for itself. Democracy Inc. shows the consequences of this system.
format_aacpl
eBook
format_category_aacpl
eBook
id
a13ce2bb-5802-08df-d2f9-8a63dbed510a
isbn
9781626810044
last_indexed
2023-12-01T09:41:36.940Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_aacpl
Online OverDrive
owning_library_aacpl
Anne Arundel County Public Library Online
owning_location_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
primary_isbn
9781626810044
publishDate
2013
publisher
Diversion Books
recordtype
grouped_work
series
Special Investigative Report
series_with_volume
Special Investigative Report|
title_display
Democracy Inc. How Members of Congress Have Cashed In On Their Jobs
title_full
Democracy Inc. How Members of Congress Have Cashed In On Their Jobs
title_short
Democracy Inc
title_sub
How Members of Congress Have Cashed In On Their Jobs
topic_facet
History
Nonfiction
Politics
Nonfiction
Politics
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:d12c7717-9cda-4fb3-8cb6-ba387f4acd09 | 1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 1 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:d12c7717-9cda-4fb3-8cb6-ba387f4acd09 | eBook | eBook | English | Diversion Books | 2013 |
scoping_details_aacpl
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:d12c7717-9cda-4fb3-8cb6-ba387f4acd09 | 1 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | true |