NationStates Jolt Archive

The House gave final and overwhelming approval yesterday to a landmark bill that would tighten ethics and lobbying rules for Congress, forcing lawmakers to more fully detail how their campaigns are funded and how they direct government spending.

The new lobbying bill would, for the first time, require lawmakers to disclose small campaign contributions that are "bundled" into large packages by lobbyists. It would require lobbyists to detail their own campaign contributions, as well as payments to presidential libraries, inaugural committees and charities controlled by lawmakers. The proposal would also put new disclosure requirements on special spending measures for pet projects, known as "earmarks."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073100200.html

Well done to the United States House for passing this. I hope that the United States Senate passes this overhaul and they crack down hard.

Ooooh, there must be a major scandal about to break.

I love this part



Yeah...says the guy whose house was just visited by the party van.

Poor Ted Stevens. He might actually have to go through airport security with the rest of us mere mortals. :p

I love this part

...in a closed-door lunch with fellow Republican senators yesterday, Stevens (R-Alaska) himself threatened to block the measure, objecting that the legislation's new restrictions on lawmakers' use of corporate jets would unfairly penalize members of Congress who live in distant states, such as himself.

Yeah...says the guy whose house was just visited by the party van.

Until I can see where anonymous fits into all of this I am not amused.

I'm guessing there's a 411-8 chance that there's a loophole in there somewhere that makes it easier to be a corrupt politician.

Cookie to whoever copy/pastes a clause from the text of the bill first eliminating or modifying a major restriction.

I'm guessing there's a 411-8 chance that there's a loophole in there somewhere that makes it easier to be a corrupt politician.

Cookie to whoever copy/pastes a clause from the text of the bill first eliminating or modifying a major restriction.
411-5 more than likely.

The other 3 are just outright mad that they would have to have oversight.

411 congressman are not about to limit their power or the perks of their job. There's a catch here.