Even after Rick Santorum tried to distance himself from the infamous K-Street project and the million dollar lobbyist by saying he will no longer have his twice a month meeting with them, he is right back at it.
But, don't worry, because it is fine. He is no longer selling us out in the capital building. He has moved his operations to the Republican headquarters down the block... That makes me feel so much better.
Just like a junky, when you are hooked, you are hooked - and Santorum is hooked.
Senator Resumes Lobbyist Huddles
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Charles Babington
Thursday, March 9, 2006; Page A04
After saying in January that he would end his regular meetings with lobbyists, Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), the third-ranking GOP leader in the Senate, has continued to meet with many of the same lobbyists at the same time and on the same day of the week.
Santorum, whose ties to Washington lobbyists have been criticized by his Democratic challenger, suspended his biweekly encounters on Jan. 30. His decision came as Democrats named him as their top target in November's Senate races, and after the guilty plea of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff to charges of conspiring to corrupt public officials.
But in the month since his announcement, Santorum has held two meetings attended by the same core group of lobbyists, and has used the sessions to appeal for campaign aid, according to participants. Both of those meetings were convened at the same time as the previous meetings -- 8:30 a.m. -- on the same day of the week -- Tuesday -- and they lasted for about as long as the earlier meetings -- one hour.
Instead of being held in the Capitol, however, the recent meetings were conducted nearby. The first was held about three blocks away, at the headquarters of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the second was held around the corner from that building, at the Heritage Foundation.
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