- Freshman Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Braun of Indiana are the cosponsors of the Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act.
- Scott and Braun want to put an end to lawmakers stepping into the so-called “revolving door of K Street” — using their connections to become well-heeled lobbyists once they are out of office.
- “I think that here you’d attract better people if you didn’t have them make a career out of it,” Braun told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Republican Indiana Sen. Mike Braun, co-sponsor of a recently introduced bill banning ex-congressmen from lobbying Congress, said his bill would help get Congress out of a “rut” — but he’s not expecting the legislation to gain traction anytime soon.
“I think that here you’d attract better people if you didn’t have them make a career out of it,” Braun told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “But so many incentives are put in place with pensions, the ability after you’re done to become a lobbyist, so you do nestle in, and then you start maybe not making the right long-term decisions. You basically make a decision: what will be best for me to nestle in further, be around here longer.”
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7 comments:
Won't don't they ask for a pay cut, term limits, and ending salary for life while they at it.
Move on, nothing to see here, folks.
Mr Bob
How far do you think this piece of legislation will go?
At least they are trying to do something about government waste and restricting politians scams for life off the tax payer.
What's the point of running for Congress if you can't make millions after a couple of terms? It's a career path for way too many.
They could make a career out of it if they freaking did something that made sense. And try to make America great again instead of themselves richer again
Each term should only be 4 yrs and no lobbying allowed after the fact, get these cows off our payrolls, the government will save millions!
Something to throw in the campaign ads in 2020 against anyone voting against it.
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