As the Revolving Door Turns

摘要

AT 6:56 P.M.ON FRIDAY,Dec.15,2000,Congress was wrapping up a rare lame-duck session.But Tony Rudy,deputy chief of staff to then-House Majority Whip Tom De-Lay (R-Tex.),still had work to do.He shot a terse e-mail to lobbyist Jack Abramoff :"Got the pow thing done." Abramoff forwarded Rudy's message to another lobbyist,Ronald W.Weinman,at the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP:"Email from Tony Rudy.