Authors of GOP tax law disperse to lobby firms

[corbe]

Authors of GOP tax law disperse to lobby firms

By Naomi Jagoda and Megan R. Wilson - 05/28/18 06:27 PM EDT 

Republican aides in Congress who were instrumental in writing the sweeping tax law last year are hitting the exits to take jobs in the lobbying industry.

At least a half dozen high-profile GOP staffers have departed or are departing Capitol Hill, swapping jobs in the legislative branch for plum postings at firms like Akin Gump and Squire Patton Boggs.

The exile from Congress includes top aides for the House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and the offices of Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).

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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/389461-authors-of-gop-tax-law-disperse-to-lobby-firms

[Oceander]

The little shits who effed the IRC up are abandoning ship.  Now they’ll start to earn big bucks helping people out of the unholy mess they created. 

[Frank Cannon]

This is just the time honored traditional Circle of Jerk that operates in DC.

[endicom]

Washington Post
Tim LaPira and Herschel Thomas
November 23, 2016

In an effort to “drain the swamp,” President-elect Donald Trump has promised what his transition team describes as a ban on revolving-door lobbying.

Under the plan, executive branch officials would be prohibited from lobbying their former employers for five years after leaving their administration posts. Trump wants Congress to implement the same restriction.

More... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/23/trumps-lobbying-ban-might-actually-make-corruption-worse/


The article goes on to say that such prohibitions make things worse. Some suggestions are made.

[corbe]

   With all due respect to the couple of esteemed Briefers here, Lawyers are the problem.