Senate Republicans Trying Again to Kill Lobbying and Ethics Reform Bill
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Senate passes Democrats’ ethics bill
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
01/18/07
The Senate, responding to voter frustration with corruption and special interest influence in Washington, on Thursday overwhelmingly approved far-reaching ethics and lobbying reform legislation. Under the bill, passed 96-2, senators will give up gifts and free travel from lobbyists, pay more for travel on corporate jets and make themselves more accountable for the pet projects they insert into bills...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Victory - YOU Made It Happen!
January 19, 2007
We won! Thanks to your emails and phone calls, we swamped the Senate and they passed a strong lobbying and ethics reform bill, S. 1, in a 96-2 landslide.
You can read our analysis of what happened on our Watchdog Blog: //www.cleanupwashington.org/blog/index.cfm?BE_ID=100274
Other good news: Justice was served today when ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) was sentenced to 30 months in jail. I guess that free golf trip to Scotland wasn't so free.
Again, thank you!
Daniel De Bonis
Online Organizer
Public Citizen's Congress Watch
P.S. If you are still fired up, write a quick email to your senators thanking them for passing S. 1. Click here: //action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6528&t=CleanUpWashington2col.dwt
Informant: Alan Dicey
//freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ethics+Reform+Bill
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Senate passes Democrats’ ethics bill
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
01/18/07
The Senate, responding to voter frustration with corruption and special interest influence in Washington, on Thursday overwhelmingly approved far-reaching ethics and lobbying reform legislation. Under the bill, passed 96-2, senators will give up gifts and free travel from lobbyists, pay more for travel on corporate jets and make themselves more accountable for the pet projects they insert into bills...
//tinyurl.com/2kpjwe
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Victory - YOU Made It Happen!
January 19, 2007
We won! Thanks to your emails and phone calls, we swamped the Senate and they passed a strong lobbying and ethics reform bill, S. 1, in a 96-2 landslide.
You can read our analysis of what happened on our Watchdog Blog: //www.cleanupwashington.org/blog/index.cfm?BE_ID=100274
Other good news: Justice was served today when ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) was sentenced to 30 months in jail. I guess that free golf trip to Scotland wasn't so free.
Again, thank you!
Daniel De Bonis
Online Organizer
Public Citizen's Congress Watch
P.S. If you are still fired up, write a quick email to your senators thanking them for passing S. 1. Click here: //action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6528&t=CleanUpWashington2col.dwt
Informant: Alan Dicey
//freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ethics+Reform+Bill
rudkla - 19. Jan, 10:51
