Nancy Pelosi's strict anti-lobbyist legislation

We will not know exactly what this piece of legislation will contain until it is drafted in January.  But according to one source, these rules will be very strict, and will change the way lobbyists interact with legislators:

No House member may accept any gift of any value from lobbyists, or any firm or association that hires lobbyists.

No free travel, which means an end to the corporate jet line every Friday at Reagan National Airport.

No free tickets to Redskins games; or no meals of any value, even at a McDonalds; no front-row seats at entertainment venues. No, no and no.

I am sure that within the next few months, lobbyists will threaten a number of Democrats not to support this bill.  Many experts are predicting that this measure will pass the House, but could be filibustered by the GOP in the Senate.  Even if it can't get through the Senate, the House still can adopt its own rules on how its members can interact with lobbyists.

Comments

[George]

This story should be closely followed. I will be very interested to know which Congressmen reject it and what reasons they provide for doing so. I cant think of one good reason for rejecting it.

Also, what happened to the details of the Iraq NIE report that was supposed to come out after elections? Do you know when that will be public?

[Administrator: Todd]

You know, I was wondering the exact same thing. I will report on it for tomorrow.

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