Meet Five Congressman Who Never Met A Lobbyist They Didn't Like

The August 25th issue of Rolling Stone names five "Waterboys", congressmen who never met a lobbyist they didn't like.

The congressmen named are:

Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA)

Mike Oxley (R-OH)

Bill Thomas (R-CA)

Roy Blunt (R-K Street)

Billy Tauzin (Ex-Congressman R-LA)

Here's what Rolling Stone says about Roy Blunt:

Blunt is the patriarch of a lobbying family: Blunt's wife is a lobbyist for the firm Altria, which donated $270,000 to Blunt-related committees.  Meanwhile, Blunt's son lobbies for a number of companies with financial relationships to Blunt committees.  [He is] the leading candidate to succeed Tom DeLay someday.

Cunningham is currently under investigation by federal authorities for his financial dealings with a defense contractor, who also has close ties to Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Majority Whip Roy Blunt.

Oxley is noted for his work protecting the financial services industry from regulation that might have prevented the Enron-era crimes.

Thomas is known for his "close ties" to the pharmaceutical industry.  According to RS, Thomas was caught having an affair with a pharmaceutical industry lobbyist while he was helping write President Bush's prescription-drug-benefit plan.

Tauzin left Congress to take a $2 million a year job with PhRMA.  Though his salary is now actually paid by the special interests, he has always worked for them.