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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:28 PM Original message |
At Least 130 Congressional Staffers Are Former Lobbyists, Study Finds |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. "work for Republicans and Democrats in about equal number" |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Lobbyist" is a pretty broad term. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Sorry but former lobbyists are not licking stamps. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I see. You actually wanted me to document the menial jobs that occur in Congressional offices. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes I did when I worked for a state Department of Labor. |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I guess we'll need a lot of ammunition to do them all |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well at least they have been kept out of the White House |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Up to 130 of 990 congressional chiefs of staff and legislative directors are former lobbyists. They |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. Congress is as corrupt as the old Kremlin |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's really hard to get a job as a staffer as a former lobbyist. |
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