Ex-congressman's filing suggests he broke lobby law (John Thune)

Khephra

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Thu May-20-04 10:58 AM
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Ex-congressman's filing suggests he broke lobby law (John Thune)

Ex-congressman's filing suggests he broke lobby law
Senate candidate in S.D. says forms were misleading
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | May 20, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Former congressman John Thune, who is seeking to unseat the Senate Democratic leader in one of the year's most hotly contested Senate races, reported lobbying his former colleagues on Medicare last year, behavior that would have violated laws restricting the activities of former members of Congress.

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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/05/20/ex_congressmans_filing_suggests_he_broke_lobby_law/

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snippy

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Thu May-20-04 11:00 AM
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1. Another day, another felony. How very republican. n/t

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UpInArms

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Thu May-20-04 11:02 AM
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2. I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

NOT!

Laws are for "little people". /sarcasm

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DU9598

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Thu May-20-04 11:08 AM
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3. Not looking good for Daschle - should be way ahead

<http://www.argusleader.com/>

The news looks much better for Stephanie Herseth pulling out a special election victory - Democratic pickup - on June 1.

Go Stephanie and come on Tom!

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davidinalameda

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Thu May-20-04 11:11 AM
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4. if you're too stupid to fill out the forms

you're too stupid to serve in Congress, although stupidity hasn't been a stumbling block for several of the current members

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zbdent

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Thu May-20-04 12:19 PM
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6. Didn't stop Katherine Harris

right?

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Judi Lynn

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Thu May-20-04 11:15 AM
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5. This sounds legitimate, doesn't it?

You could be sure there'd be loud screeching if a Democrat tried this stuff.

Thune campaign manager Dick Wadhams denied that the South Dakota Republican lobbied the House in 2003 and said the forms that Thune's firm filed were misleading.

But the 2003 report that Thune's lobbying firm filed with Congress clearly lists Thune as one of eight lobbyists who contacted the House, Senate, and Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of Laserscope Inc., a medical laser systems supplier, last year.

Departing members of Congress are subject to a one-year "cooling off" period, meaning that Thune would not have been allowed to lobby Congress last year.
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Thune and someone

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Timefortruth

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Thu May-20-04 12:31 PM
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7. What are the penalties for filing a false report?

The last sentence of the story reads:

"It would be pretty stupid for the firm to file reports that said John broke the law," Wadhams said.

Not at all, that's how someone confident there are no consequences for a violation of the lobbying law acts. Why violate two laws by filing a false report when you know to a certainty that there will be no prosecution for the crime as reported?

My money says that there are stiffer penalties for falsifying the report than lobbying and someone to enforce that law.

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Beetwasher

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Thu May-20-04 01:09 PM
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9. Either He Was Confident There Would Be No Consequences OR

he is in fact pretty stupid. I wouldn't necessarily rule out stupid though.

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Arbustosux

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Thu May-20-04 01:06 PM
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8. So now, instead of saying he "misspoke", they have added "mistyped"

to their arsenal of excuses!

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