That's Entertainment -- or Is It?
FOLs: Friends of Lobbyists
Publication: The Washington Post
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
August 19, 2008
Former Virginia governor Mark Warner (D) is running for a Senate seat and is the keynote speaker at next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. He also has another distinction. According to Real Time Investigations, Warner has received $206,556 from lobbyists since the beginning of the year, making him the top recipient of money contributed directly by lobbyists to congressional campaigns in 2008.
