Trump sets 5-year and lifetime lobbying ban for officials

Indeed. He wasted no time on this matter. Suppose we can get congress... ah, not a chance...

 

Another ego stroking usless thing singed by trump. Not that I don't agree with it but but as usual it's not worth the paper it's written on.

 

At least he had the nads to do it.

 

Good move.

 

I'm all for tougher restrictions on corporate lobbying, but considering he hired the president of Citizens United to be his deputy campaign manager, I'd say his position on corporate money in politics is murky at best.

 

Donnie is on fire. Done more good than bad so far.

 

its not nads it is just hot air. something trump has in abundance.

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he has not done much of anything most of what he has done is as effective as the protests have been if not less.

 

Should read up on the fine points before getting all excited about the restrictions....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-is-both-tougher-and-weaker-than-obamas-rules

Congressional officials are not covered by the order, and the five-year ban applies only to lobbying one’s former agency — not becoming a lobbyist.

“While there are things to like here, it’s disappointing that someone who promised to drain the swamp has torn two loopholes in the Obama [ethics policy] that was so successful,” said Norman Eisen, who helped draft the 2009 order as special counsel to the president.


“Lobbyists can now go to the agencies they lobbied — that’s rife with the potential for abuse,” Eisen added.​

 

they are law but it does to mean they will happen or are workable.when they require congress to implement.

 

This would, for instance, prevent someone like Ralph Nader from ever accepting a job as a commissioner of the "Consumer Product Safety Commission".

 

It's mind-boggling: a president who actually does things rather than a president who simply talks.

 

And that will never happen. Those power hungry drunks are what's wrong with this country in the first place.

 

As opposed to obama and clinton who nicely provided the wording for this order?

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/28/51220...ethics-pulls-word-for-word-from-obama-clinton

 

Just somewhat curious why all our Trump supporters stopped posting about this being a good thing right after I pointed out that he stole text from Obama and Clinton?

 

Thanks Obama!

 

Quiz time, whose executive order is this from?

 

no trump selected to use goldman sacks instead.

 

And Trump still has plenty of time to copy the lifting of the order as well as the text.