[blueplum]

I can see why some Dems were a bit nervous about his testimony, here’s the money line - who did they lobby (cough, McCain), what documents were left with each congresscritter and which congresscritters failed to disclose said meetings with foreign nationals that were accompanied by unregistered foreign lobbyist, Mr. Dellums? oh, and just how many previous congresscritters are currently acting as unregistered or registered foreign lobbyists?:

“They hired Howard Schweitzer of Cozzen O’Connor Public Strategies and former Congressman Ronald Dellums “

[Cboldt]

The rule that Congress operates under is that it is okay to collude with foreigners for purposes of setting policy and making laws. It's just not okay to collude with them without having been elected first. That violates the sacred trust of elections.

Allowing collusion before election tends to upset incumbency protection.