lifetime lobbying ban for congress
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Shuttering the revolving door, Bennet bill would institute lifetime lobbying ban for lawmakers
It’s time to shutter Capitol Hill’s infamous revolving door of retiring federal lawmakers transitioning into the lobbying industry, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet says. “Washington has become all too comfortable with the spin of the revolving door,” said Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado, in a statement. About 51 percent of legislators from the 113th Congress that…