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Limits On Gifts Hard To Establish view story
Thursday, January 26, 2006
DAVID LIGHTMAN - - Hartford Courant
| When is a gift a genuinely well-meant token of someone's appreciation? When is it simply a present from an old friend who happens to be a Washington big shot? And when does a gift cross the line between being a nice gesture and being an object designed to win influence?
No one has an easy answer, but in the current frenzy to reform lobbyist and ethics rules, nearly everyone is looking hard for one.
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