Re: Block on foreign lobbying by ex-officials could become 'seismic event'

good idea but I doubt it will pass ... too much money at stake

On Jul 23, 8:43 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2012/07_2...
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> Block on foreign lobbying by ex-officials could become 'seismic event' ****
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> A bill working its way through Congress has the potential to alter the
> dynamics of U.S. foreign policy by prohibiting former senior U.S.
> government officials from lobbying on behalf of foreign countries for a
> decade after leaving office. ****
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> Introduced by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), the bill would prohibit the
> president, vice president, members of Congress, and other officers of the
> executive branch "from lobbying on behalf of foreign governments or
> instrumentalities for 10 years after leaving office." ****
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> *Rep. Frank Wolf: "Why should somebody who had been an ambassador or CIA
> station chief then go out and work for that country?"
> <http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=2012050500004...>
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> Wolf introduced the Foreign Lobbying Reform Act in March. It was inserted
> as an amendment to the 2013 Financial Services and General Government
> spending bill, which passed the House Appropriations Committee by voice
> vote on June 20. It is now headed for a floor vote by the full House and
> then on to the U.S. Senate. ****
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> The ban would have major implications for U.S. government policies towards
> countries that former senior government officials have taken on as clients
> after leaving office. The legislation singles out countries certified by
> the State Department as repressive, including Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran,
> North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Uzbekistan. ****
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> "Why should somebody who had been an ambassador or CIA station chief then
> go out and work for that country?" after leaving office, Wolf said in an
> interview with Voice of America on June 29. ****
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> "They have top secret information from all the security briefings and they
> can take that and turn it against the people," he said, referring to the
> Sudan. ****
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> Wolf is also concerned about China's pervasive influence in Washington
> through lobbying by former U.S. government officials, including former
> Cabinet members and ambassadors. He was particularly alarmed by recent
> lobbying efforts on behalf of China's telecommunications giant, Huawei. ****
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> The lobbying industry on K Street has taken notice of Wolf's legislation. **
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> "The ground shifted beneath of the feet of top-tier Washington lobbyists
> with last month's passage of the Foreign Lobbying Reform Act, introduced by
> Rep. Frank Wolf," said an article posted on Lobbyingfirms.com, an industry
> website. ****
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> "If Wolf's legislation goes on to be approved by the Senate, that rumble
> could well become a seismic event," the article stated. ****
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