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- Title
Evil, Greed, Treachery, Deception, and Fraud: The World of Lobbying According to Senator Hugo Black.
- Authors
Euken, Jamie C.
- Abstract
The article discusses then-U.S. Senator Hugo Black from Alabama's reported efforts to investigate and regulate lobbying in the 1930s, focusing on greed, fraud, and Black's attempts to control the role that lobbyists play in the drafting and passage of legislation in America. According to the article, Black introduced legislation (Black bill) on March 13, 1935 that would require lobbyists to file monthly reports and register with the U.S. Secretary of State and other government agencies.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LOBBYING laws; BLACK, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971; UNITED States senators' attitudes; LOBBYISTS; AVARICE; FRAUD; LEGISLATIVE bills; UNITED States. Congress. Senate; TWENTIETH century; LAW; HISTORY; POLITICAL attitudes
- Publication
Federal History, 2014, Issue 6, p61
- ISSN
2163-8144
- Publication type
Article