Repugs deadly serious about stopping the corruption

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"House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.), after a three-hour huddle with his Republican colleagues, announced that he would introduce legislation that "will underscore the fact that the Republican Party has been and continues to be the party of reform." And what would this weighty reform entail? "



A ban for registered lobbyists who are former members of Congress from having access to the floor of the House and to the House gymnasium," Dreier announced solemnly.

No more nonsense. It was time for lobbyists to dismount the Stairmasters and hit the showers."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020101848.html

[RandomGuy]

"This rules change is so minor in relation to the magnitude of the problem that it doesn't amount to a drop in the ocean," complained Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.). "It's going to take a lot more than preventing former members from going to the House gym to produce an ethical Congress."

(from the same article)

Har.