Lobbying abuses keep party from implementing its ideas and solutions In the recent and ongoing influence scandal in Washington, members of neither party can claim that their hands are clean. And while neither party is solely responsible for the political fundraising structure, Republicans, who earned their majorities in both the House and the Senate in 1994 as the party of reform, have a particular obligation to restore credibility swiftly and decisively. Re-establishing the integrity of the political process is a necessary precondition to getting on with what Republicans were put in charge to do – and that is the important...