Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) wants to put a stop to members of Congress leaving their office early to return to the private sector, likely to a gig as a highly paid lobbyist. She launched the Don’t Quit to Lobby Act.
The message is to stay and finish the job. If a person is elected to office, he or she is expected to serve the full term.
There is existing legislation that bans House and Senate members from lobbying for one year and two years respectively from the date they leave Congress. Tenney wants the ban to start from the date the term is supposed to end, even if the member leaves early. Her colleagues in the House would have to honor their commitment to their voters.
‘If you are elected to serve a term, we want to make sure that that term is respected,’ Tenney told DailyMail.com.
Tenney said she doesn’t think lobbying bans should be ‘permanent’ given ‘First Amendment…
