Honest Leadership and Open Gov. Act 07: Dems had control of both houses of Congress in Jan 07 for the 1st time in 12 years = within 7 months Bush signed the HL&OG into Law w/bipartisan support, HOR by 411-8 votes, Senate by 83-14. Some major provisions of this legislative are
Honest Leadership and Open Gov. Act 07:

Dems had control of both houses of Congress in Jan 07 for the 1st time in 12 years = within 7 months Bush signed the HL&OG into Law w/bipartisan support, HOR by 411-8 votes, Senate by 83-14. Some major provisions of this legislative are:

Closing the revolving door:

Prohibits senators from gaining undue lobbying access by increasing the ‘cooling off period’ from 1-2 years before they can lobby congress.
Prohibits cabinet officers/senior executive branch personnel from lobbying the department/agency they worked for 2 years.
Prohibits senior senate staff/officers from lobbying contracts w/the entire senate for a year instead of just their former employing office.
Prohibits senior House staff from lobbying their former office/committee for 1 year

Prohibiting gifts from lobbyists:

Prohibits lobbyists from providing gifts/travel to members of Congress w/knowledge that the gift/travel is in violation of House/Senate rules.
Prohibits senators/their staff from accepting gifts from registered lobbyists
Requires entertainment/sports tickets offered by registered lobbyists to be valued at marked price

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A-Level Politics-3c Representative Processes in the USA Slide Set on Chapter 4-Pressure Groups, created by vesara on 11/06/2016.