Obey Opposes Lobbying Reform

Obey Votes No on Lobbying Reform -

The legislation would clamp down on private travel, would require members to stand by their appropriations funding earmarks, would regulate liberal 527s, would increase lobbyist disclosure requirements.

What is there to be opposed to? Oh yeah, it could stop Obey's all-expenses paid vacations, could stop the ability of liberal 527s to help in Wisconsin elections, would require Obey to explain why he did or didn't get funding for his district. Basically, this bill would be a pain for Obey and he would rather campaign on this issue in the fall than actually address the problem.

The culture of hypocrisy lives on with Obey and with his Democrat colleagues. We realize we're among the few who actually watches C-SPAN, but if you missed it, the Democrats were running to the House floor to criticize convicted former Republican Rep. Cunningham for taking bribes while at the same time a businessman was pleading guilty to bribing Democrat Rep. William Jefferson.