Maybe this is what we should do.......decentralize Congress.....make the Senators and Reps stay in their districts and conduct business via the internet.....make the lobbyists come to them.
Why do we have to confine the sell-out to “either-or”? Hell, both parties are selling us out.
Good stuff!
Fascinating to dig down via opensecrets to see the flow. Interesting item in the Dim’s top 50 expeditures for 2006 was a million bucks to ‘Bingo Winnings’.
11/06
New Speaker-elect Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), has been vocal for weeks about her intentions should the Democrats become the majority in the House, and lobbying and ethics reforms are the first order-of-business on “day one” of the new session. She also promises to set a high bar, saying that “the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.’’ There is now no excuse not to pass real reform.
Pelosi’s bill, H.R. 4682, for the most part, is a very strong bill. It would:
Increase transparency of lobbyists’ activities - enabling searches online showing which lobbyists are talking to which Congressmen;
Slow the revolving door - the time a Representative must wait before becoming a lobbyist is doubled;
Prohibit privately-sponsored travel for members and require detailed itineraries on trips;
Ban gifts from lobbyists to members or staff;
Expose who is putting earmarks in our bills; and
Create an Office of Public Integrity (OPI) to monitor and initiate investigations against lobbyists (but not members of Congress).”
How’s that working for you, Dems???
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Thanks!!
I see much use of the information
So we have the first ten of 8230 lies? Then, looking for #8230 since it is in the title, I can’t find it.
What is lie #8230?