PROMISES, PROMISES: Much Lobbyist Help Undisclosed

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Few members of Congress are disclosing that lobbyists are helping them raise campaign cash despite a new law that was supposed to shed light on the ties between lawmakers and the capital's influence brokers, an Associated Press review found.

Though lobbyist-hosted fundraisers are workaday events in Washington -- typically advertised to political insiders by fax and word of mouth -- only about two dozen lawmakers have reported lobbyists raising money for them.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/17/us/politics/AP-US-Fundraising-Lobbyists.html