"New introductions by Barry Goldwater and William Proxmire"--Cover.
Revised edition of: The best Congress money can buy. 1st ed. c1988.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The campaign money crisis -- The PAC primer -- The buyers of influence -- The sellers of influence -- Present and former members of Congress speak -- The true costs of the present campaign finance system -- Campaign contribution or bribe? : "a hairline's difference" -- Junkets, etc. -- The many ways of skirting the "reform" laws -- How do we get out of the mess we're in? -- Appendix A & Appendix B : member-by-member statistics for the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate -- Appendix C: the 100 largest PAC's in the 1990 elections