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Full public disclosure of lobbying activity. Requires lobbyist disclosure filings to be filed twice as often, by decreasing the time between filing from semi-annual to quarterly. Requires lobbyist disclosures in both the Senate and House to be filed electronically and requires creation of a public searchable Internet database of such information.
Executive Order 13770, entitled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," was an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump on January 28, 2017, that directs executive branch employees on a ban from becoming a lobbyist for five years.
§ 308: Registration of Lobbyists With Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House "(a) Any person who shall engage himself for pay or for any consideration for the purpose of attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States shall, before doing anything in furtherance of such object, register with the Clerk of the House of Representatives ...
Ohio lobbyist Matt Borges was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for his part in the largest corruption scandal in Ohio history. “Nothing makes it feel more stark than knowing I could have ...
In June, they filed a bill that would prevent members of Congress from ever becoming lobbyists and force their staff into a cooling-off period of six years. The current period is just one year.
Ohio State University: Ohio Public 1870 1916 60,540 636,902 Pennsylvania State University: Pennsylvania Quasi-public [f] 1855 1958 45,518 681,159 Princeton University: New Jersey Private 1746 1900 8,010 218,390 Purdue University: Indiana Public 1869 1958 52,211 352,890 Rice University: Texas Private 1912 1985 8,212 125,106
The legislation also defines "lobbyist": "The term "lobbyist" means any individual who is employed or retained by a client for financial or other compensation for services that include more than one lobbying contact, other than an individual whose lobbying activities constitute less than 20 percent of the time engaged in the services provided ...
Lobbyist Matt Borges appealed his 5-year sentence late Wednesday in the $60 million bribery scheme that also took down former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. Borges, 51, a former chair of ...