Showdown at Gucci Gulch. From: Washington Monthly | Date: June 1, 1987| Author: Glastris, Paul | COPYRIGHT 1987 Washington Monthly Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Showdown at Gucci Gulch.

Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and AlanS. Murray. Random House, $18.95. Publication date: June 29.

Saturday, May 3, 1986. Tax reform isbogged down in the Senate Finance Committee. A group of committee members who support the reform plan crafted by Chairman Bob Packwood are gathered in the committee room of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. It is a secret meeting; the hall outside, dubbed "Gucci Gulch,' for the lobbyists who normally lurk t...

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