Capitol Hill’s Oddest Couple Unites to Ban Lobbying by Former Members
By Mark Tapscott
June 2, 2019 Updated: June 2, 2019
WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Cruz, the very conservative Texas Republican, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic socialist from New York, have found a legendary political needle in a haystack—their shared antipathy to lobbying by former congressmen.
Their surprise alliance came May 30 via a Twitter exchange, sparked by a Public Citizen report that found 26 of 44 former members (or 59 percent) who left Congress after 2018 are now working in the nation’s capital for lobbying firms, lobbying consultancies, trade groups, or business associations.
Things started when Ocasio-Cortez posted a link to the Public Citizen report and opined that, “If you are a member of Congress + leave, you shouldn’t be allowed to turn right around & leverage your service for a lobbyist check.
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