In The Solomon Scandals, reporter Jon Stone’s father works for a lobbying and PR firm in Washington. Among its clients? A bank financing some construction projects of Sy Solomon, Jon’s investigative target.

K Street—that’s the unofficial name for the lobbying community.

So how are real-life K-Streeters faring during this recession? Not so badly in many cases, it would appear.

There’s nothing like a stimulus package to stimulate lobbying by special interests eager to grab their share of the cash, eh?