Electronic Industries Alliance Blacklisting - K Street Project Enforcement

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A pivotal moment in the K Street Project’s systematic transformation of Washington’s lobbying ecosystem, where Republican leadership demonstrated its power to coerce and control industry associations by punishing the Electronic Industries Alliance for hiring a Democratic congressman, thereby establishing a partisan hiring mandate for lobbyists.

Sources & Citations

[1] The K Street Project and Jack Abramoff · Jan 11, 2006 Tier 1

[2] K Street Project: Anatomy of a Political Enforcement Mechanism · Feb 10, 2004 Tier 2

[3] How Republicans Transformed Washington's Lobbying Culture · Dec 15, 2005 Tier 2

Tiers Tier 1 court records & gov docs · Tier 2 established outlets · Tier 3 regional & specialty press · Tier 4 opinion or single-source. Methodology →

Cite this entry

The Cascade Ledger. “Electronic Industries Alliance Blacklisting - K Street Project Enforcement.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, October 1, 1998. https://capturecascade.org/event/1998-10-01--electronic-industries-alliance-blacklisting-k-str/