VISCLOSKY UPDATE: INDIANAPOLIS STAR: QUESTIONS WORTH PROBING:

Rep. Pete Visclosky has rarely faced more than token opposition in his 13 elections to Indiana’s First District congressional seat. Yet he raises princely sums for his campaigns and often passes money on to fellow Democrats.

Lobbyists likewise reap dividends from the well-positioned congressman whom they’ve helped, thus raising questions about the role of money and special interests even where no legal breach has been shown to have taken place. Those questions, applicable to many in Washington, have taken on new urgency in Visclosky’s case with the federal investigation of the lobbying firm PMA Group and its ties to him and his staff.

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