EDITORIAL: Fire Around Visclosky Gets Hotter

It appears the leadership of a small startup company from Skokie, Ill., learned quickly how the game is played in Washington.

In less than three weeks, as The Washington Post documented Tuesday, a three-employee firm called NanoSonix filed its incorporation papers, hired a major lobbying firm, and, with the help of a key member of Congress, secured a line on $2.4 million in federal funds.

The congressman who helped land taxpayers’ support for the fledgling firm is Pete Visclosky, the longtime representative of Indiana’s 1st District.

Read more: (Editorial, “Fire Around Visclosky Gets Hotter,” Indianapolis Star, 10/29/09)