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House Democrats Pass Ban On Lobbyist Gifts, Corporate Travel

Published by Dave January 4th, 2007

By a 430-1 vote, Democrats enacted the first point of their sweeping ethics reforms in the House:

The U.S. House of Representatives, after installing its new Democratic leadership, voted to ban lawmakers from flying on corporate jets and accepting gifts and meals from lobbyists.

The House passed, 430-1, a package of rules aimed at demonstrating Democrats’ commitment to cleaning up Congress. Tomorrow, the House will vote on rules designed to end the anonymous sponsorship of pet projects, or earmarks, that have been quietly tucked into spending measures.

“The culture of the last Congress came to be defined by a phrase now common to Americans throughout the country: it was a culture of corruption,” said House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat. “The American people stated loud and clear that they were ready for a new culture to take hold in Washington: a culture of commitment.”

This of course, was after hours of whining by House Republicans that they didn’t get a voice in the process (excepting the fact that the bulk of the rules passed came from the 109th Congress)… Including a couple of priceless rants by Lee Terry. I’ll see if I can get some of the quotes up when the Congressional Record is available. In the meantime, here’s to what is hopefully the first of many Democratic reforms.

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1 Joe Jan 5th, 2007 at 11:10 am

OK guys seriously the republicans are sitting here right now critizing a bill against earmarks. But guess what… there still focusing on the fact that the closed rules only give them ten minutes for debate. ITS NOT FAIR WE’VE SUPRESSED YOU FOR TWELVE YEARS!!! I’m waitin for Lee Terry to speak but no luck yet

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