[goldstategop]

The answer of course is NO. I mean in Canada the Defence Minister got fired for having gotten an ex girlfriend's contract approved by his department. You don't need to know ethics to understand that lobbying for federal contractors while you're related to someone who is in a position to do a favor for you is WRONG. Let's hope Linda Daschle ethics are better than Art Eggleton's was.

[Tacis]

Of course it depends on the leader's party affiliation. If the leader is a Republican, than any wifely lobbying is a gross violation of the public trust and an attempt to corrupt the forces of truth and light. Molly Ivins has written extensively on this stain on the national honor. If it is the wife of a democrat leader, than where's the issue?

[Jimmy Valentine]

She needs to be testifying about her influence on airline safety.

Regards,

[lelio]

Hatch: Yeah, my son works in government affairs. But he does not lobby me
However he does have that annoying "Senator Hatch's Son" sign on his back.
The main problem is that government is involved in every single aspect of people's lives and we can't get away from it. Of course Hatch's son is going to do something for a living and of course people are going to try and use him to get a governmental favor.

[brat]

Conflict of interest BUMP!