<p><span class="deck">New legislation means to bring lobbyists out into the sunlight. History suggests they’ll bask there.</span></p>
<p>Although he was scrupulously honest, Andrew Johnson angered members of Congress by thwarting their plans for Reconstruction.</p>
<p>Crédit Mobilier, one of the worst outrages in the history of Congress, affected national elections and gave “the Gilded Age” its name.</p>
