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Critters can sense natural disaster - Sack cartoon (Original Post)
question everything
Apr 2018
OP
Wasn't there a proposal for a "cooling off" period between being in government
question everything
Apr 2018
#5
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)1. Great toon.
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)2. Loved it!
sandensea
(21,636 posts)3. Sinking ships...
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)4. What pisses me off....
is that Ryan is going to get stinking, filthy rich (he's already in great financial shape) lobbying. This spineless slug, who added trillions to our national debt in the guise of "fiscal responsibility", will just waltz away from Congress without so much as a slap on the hands.
Now THAT'S what pisses me off.
question everything
(47,484 posts)5. Wasn't there a proposal for a "cooling off" period between being in government
and lobbying? Or was it left to wither on the vine?
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)6. For Congress, it's just 1 year
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/the-lobbying-reform-that-enriched-congress-224849
(long article from 2016 but pretty comprehensive)
(long article from 2016 but pretty comprehensive)
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)7. There is a one-year wait for House members
but during the waiting period they can work for clients as a "strategic adviser" or whatever BS title they give themselves
question everything
(47,484 posts)8. groan! (nt)