Congressional_Accountability_Project
Congressional Accountability Project
US advocacy group
The Congressional Accountability Project is an advocacy group[1] "which is affiliated with Ralph Nader."[2]
In 1997 they accused a member of congress of staying at the home of "a lobbyist ... who had formerly been his chief of staff for 22 years" ("which could constitute free lodging") and thereby "violated the House gift ban."[2]
Directed 1993–2007[3] by Gary Ruskin,[4][5] the "self-styled Congressional reform organization"[6] was "founded by" Nader,[7] was described by The New York Times as "nonpartisan;"[8] The Washington Post used the description "public watchdog."[9]
The acronym CAP has been used.[10]