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Ethics reform packages leave gaping loopholes: "Ethics reform packages leave gaping loopholes
Beware investing too much hope in congressional plans to restrict the ways money may be used to buy influence
Friday, January 20, 2006
In trying to make sense out of the corrupt-lobbying scandal that's been rocking the nation's capital, don't just follow the money.
Follow the airplanes.
If Republicans and Democrats were sincere about cleaning up congressional ethics, they would prohibit the most powerful members of Congress from accepting offers of princely trips by private jet. These are highly prized perks, routinely provided by moneyed interests seeking favors in Washington, D.C. Yet a ban on such pampering is nowhere to be found in the reform proposals laid out this week by House and Senate leaders from both political parties."
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