Common Cause Magazine articles from January 1992

Common Cause Magazine archives from January 1992

Tommy the taxster. (lobbyist Tommy Boggs)
January 1, 1992... Tommy Boggs, a $400-an-hour super-lobbyist who has been helping Mercedes-Benz, BMW and other pricey import dealers fight the luxury tax, is having a little tax trouble of his own. According to the Internal Revenue Service, Boggs and his...

Games pols play. (athletic activities of Capitol Hill officials)
January 1, 1992... As a minor league baseball pitcher in his youth, Dan Rostenkowski didn't have the right stuff. His father, a Chicago pol, advised the young sports enthusiast to forget about making it to "the Show" and have a go at politics instead. Now...

Rising from the ashes. (Phoenician Resort near Phoenix, Arizona)
January 1, 1992... Dubbed "Club Fed" when the Resolution Trust Corp. (RTC) took it over in 1989, the posh Phoenician Resort outside Phoenix was once the hub of Charles Keating's empire and, with its marble tubs and mother-of-pearl swimming pool, a notable...

What's blocking health care reform? (Cover Story)
January 1, 1992... For all his decrying of the health care crisis, Pennsylvania Democrat Harris Wofford can say one good thing has come of it: It fueled his unexpected Senate victory over former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh last fall. Early in the...

How special interests cater to Congress.
January 1, 1992... Former Rep. Victor Veysey left Capitol Hill in defeat 17 years ago, but his luck improved at the 1991 annual gathering of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress. Veysey won a door prize -- a new Mercedes-Benz. How did...

BCCI: the opera. (Bank of Credit and Commerce International)
January 1, 1992... WELCOME TO THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LA FARCE DEL DESTINO, AN OPERA OF OUR TIMES AND FOR OUR TIMES. IN THE ALMOST-TRUE-TO-LIFE TRADITION OF THE OPERA NIXON GOES TO CHINA, LA FARCE BRINGS TO STAGE THE RISE AND FALL OF BCCI, THE BANK OF CREDIT AND...

Exorcising Duke. (David Duke) (Interview)
January 1, 1992... Democrats and Republicans alike deserve some of the blame for David Duke's rise. Author Thomas Byrne Edsall talks about race and politics. In simpler times, Republicans could win presidential elections by tapping into working-class...

CC wins major grassroots lobbying victory. (Common Cause) (includes related articles)
January 1, 1992... LAST YEAR, FOR THE first time since Watergate, the Senate and House of Representatives both passed comprehensive campaign finance reform bills that include the key elements of spending limits and clean alternative public funds. A House-Senate...

In the states. (Common Cause lobbying efforts)
January 1, 1992... RHODE ISLAND ISSUES AN SOS Rhode Islanders will remember 1991 as a banner year for scandal. It began with the collapse of the state-wide banking system in January and continued with Pawtucket's mayor pleading guilty to shaking down...

An open letter to President Bush.
January 1, 1992... January 24, 1992 The Honorable George Bush The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Bush: We are writing to strongly urge you to make a public commitment that you will not repeat your 1988 use of $100,000 "soft money"...