Such an announcement would make it harder to get anything past the Republicans in Congress. The Republicans are already trying hard to turn a sure thing big gain in 2018 into a total loss. They won’t lose out, though, when they get replaced by communists and Mohammedans. Their income will increase as they all go into the Lobbying profession. Of course, if they lose really big they might well find that there are no more lobby jobs for Republicans. They could not expect that, though.
I thought there was going to be a ten year ban on lobbying after a term ended, and a lifetime ban on lobbying for a foreign country. Am I mistaken?