Loopholes

How could Jack Abramoff's corrupt lobbying spread so easily? Michael Kranish and Susan Milligan give us part of the answer in today's Boston Globe. "Oversight of Lobbyists Found Lax" shows how a law that is supposed to track congressional lobbyists lacks teeth. Milligan and Kranish have mined documents to give us dozens of examples of how the law is filled with loopholes and rarely enforced.