430 Former Members of Congress Are Lobbyists, Government Influencers

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Breitbart by ROBERT KRAYCHIK 27 Jun 2019

Swamp Report: 430 Former Members of Congress Are Lobbyists, Government Influencers

Former politicians regularly monetize their experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists, consultants, and joining other endeavors to influence government activities.

Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and senior contributor at Breitbart News, explained the ubiquity of this phenomenon in episode three of his eponymous investigative video series.

In the latest edition of The Drill Down With Peter Schweizer, published at RealClearInvestigations on Wednesday, Schweizer highlights the following figures:

    430 former politicians — both congressmen and senators — are now being paid to help shape government policies as lobbyists, consultants, and in other capacities.
    60 percent — nearly two-thirds — of the 44 members who took new jobs after leaving Congress in 2019 now work in lobbying, consulting, or otherwise influencing government activities.

“Who says bipartisanship is dead in Washington?” jokingly asked Schweizer while highlighting former politicians of both parties who now “work to help special interests navigate the corridors of power in Washington.”

More: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/27/swamp-report-430-former-members-of-congress-are-lobbyists-government-influencers/