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A toxic mix of money and power, Jack Abramoff’s corrupt lobbying activity has tarred many powerful Washington insiders - including embattled Republican power broker Tom DeLay, Congressman Bob Ney, former head of the Christian Coalition Ralph Reed, and influential anti-tax activist Grover Norquist - in a scandal the New York Times has called “one of the most explosive in Congressional history. ”When the scandal broke in 2004, Peter Stone, a writer for the National Journal (and nephew of the great I. F. Stone) was one of the first reporters on the story. Heist is his in-depth report.