When your cynicism is confirmed does it make you more or less cynical?
Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) will be lobbying for Las Vegas Sands at her firm Lincoln Policy Group, according to new disclosure records.
The casino, which is owned by billionaire and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson, is pushing Congress to enact a ban on Internet gambling.
Lincoln and her former chief of staff, Robert Holifield, have been lobbying for the casino since Feb. 10, according to the forms.
The former senator’s firm will be working on “[l]egislation that would reinstate the policy banning Internet gambling (i.e. restore the Wire Act),” according to the form.
In January, the Adelson-backed Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling announced that Lincoln would be among its leaders, along with ex-New York Gov. George Pataki (R) and former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb (D).
Yes, we should all be forced to gamble at Sheldon Adelson’s tables, or not at all. Thanks, Blanche, for confirming how we all felt about you.
