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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 03, 2019, 11:22:55 am

Title: Capitol Hill’s Oddest Couple Unites to Ban Lobbying by Former Members
Post by: rangerrebew on June 03, 2019, 11:22:55 am

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.

https://m.theepochtimes.com/capitol-hills-oddest-couple-unites-to-ban-lobbying-by-former-members_2947873.html

Title: Re: Capitol Hill’s Oddest Couple Unites to Ban Lobbying by Former Members
Post by: Chosen Daughter on June 03, 2019, 04:36:41 pm

I don't care who it is.  I applaud the move.

Title: Re: Capitol Hill’s Oddest Couple Unites to Ban Lobbying by Former Members
Post by: Cyber Liberty on June 03, 2019, 04:53:03 pm

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on June 03, 2019, 04:36:41 pm

I don't care who it is.  I applaud the move.

I do too, but I predict she'll pivot on this when her Rat Party friends get to her.

Title: Re: Capitol Hill’s Oddest Couple Unites to Ban Lobbying by Former Members
Post by: Chosen Daughter on June 03, 2019, 05:06:08 pm

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 03, 2019, 04:53:03 pm

I do too, but I predict she'll pivot on this when her Rat Party friends get to her.

Maybe she is going to tone it down a bit.  Her support at home is taking a hit.  But this is good.

Title: Re: Capitol Hill’s Oddest Couple Unites to Ban Lobbying by Former Members
Post by: Night Hides Not on June 03, 2019, 07:27:00 pm

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on June 03, 2019, 05:06:08 pm

Maybe she is going to tone it down a bit.  Her support at home is taking a hit.  But this is good.

There's no turning back for her...toning it down would be like selling out. She's going to make a career of being a celebrity when she leaves Congress...a Democrat "Sarah Palin" to her faithful.