Contracted line-holders stand for hours to ensure their clients get seats . Seats at hearings often only chance for lobbyists to get face time with legislators . Line-standers , some homeless , are paid anywhere from $ 11 to $ 35 an hour . Comment:
Contracted line-holders stand for hours to ensure their clients get seats . Seats at hearings often only chance for lobbyists to get face time with legislators . Line-standers , some homeless , are paid anywhere from $ 11 to $ 35 an hour . Critics see practice as another way lobbyists are buying influence on Capitol Hill .