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AP U.S. Government 3.6 Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media. When can members of Congress can take jobs as lobbyists?

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Thank you We sneak and here's your smoke du jour

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brought to you by lobbyists Advocates for the ethical treatment

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of entryways lobbies Members of congress can take jobs as

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lobbyists win And here the potential answers when congress well

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even though the average american loves to hate on lobbyists

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politicians tend to love these wheeler dealers probably because they

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tend to pick up the check at those fancy steak

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dinners Can members of congress take jobs as lobbyists while

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serving in congress Well lobbyists are professional marketers who represent

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the interests of interest groups so it'd be a huge

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conflict of interest if members of congress worked as lobbyists

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while in office That's a bust for beat are members

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of congress allowed to transition to lobbying under no circumstances

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will actually former members of congress can become lobbyist even

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if the whole greasing those connections to your former colleagues

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bed feels a bit well greasy Ten members of congress

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take jobs as lobbies immediately after leaving congress not on

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our watch two thousand seven honest leadership and open government

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act sounds like an oxymoron Right Prohibits members of congress

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from taking jobs as lobbyists right after leaving office though

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slow your roll down their date good members of congress

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become lobbyists e on ly if they lobby on issues

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they did not work gun in congress No quite the

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opposite There are no restrictions on the type of Lobbying

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you khun dio once you leave office and many former

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congressmen and women take their positions at lobbying firms specializing

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in their political area of expertise So if he feels

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a bit too icky that means members of congress can

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take jobs as lobbyists Two years after leaving office That's

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right If congressmen and women were able to give clients

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influence over recently finished bills they might pass those bills

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in exchange for a lucrative lobbying jobs right after leaving

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office That's Why the two year gap is required so

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option ese break dancer Constant flow Former lawmakers into lobbying

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is known as washington revolving door Though newly crowned lobbyists

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often find away teo we'll spin their story a different 00:02:11.175 --> [endTime] way

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