so much for draining the swamp

[GMDino]

(11-18-2016, 10:21 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: IIRC, Obama made a rule in his administration preventing employees from becoming lobbyists for 5 years. He said he wanted to keep lobbyists out of his admin together, but he had a hard time with that. So, really, Trump is continuing the same rule about becoming lobbyists and is putting in some extra effort on keeping lobbyists out, for the time being at least. It's a continuation of policy rather than anything new. That's more of what I am getting at.

But, the POTUS only has the power to unilaterally do this for the executive branch.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/trump-introduces-unprecedented-5-year-lobbying-ban.html

Quote:Under President Obama, anyone who left his administration was prohibited from lobbying their former agency for two years, though they were still allowed to lobby different sectors of the government. But whereas Obama insisted that members of his team refrain from lobbying for a year prior to joining him, Trump has no such rules. New Trump administration members are allowed to lobby right up until they start government work, and are only then asked to sever ties.