Lawmakers and lobbyists are part of the constant stream of foot traffic at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Globe Staff Photo / Dina Rudick) Globe Staff Photo / Dina Rudick

Closed, for business

Back-room dealing a Capitol trend

GOP flexing its majority power

By Susan Milligan

Globe Staff / October 3, 2004

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First of three parts WASHINGTON -- Dismayed that the technology company Accenture had located its headquarters in Bermuda, thereby avoiding paying hundreds of millions of dollars in US taxes, the House Appropriations Committee voted 35-17 this summer to strip the firm of a $10 billion Homeland Security contract. (Full Article: 4773 Words)