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en House Republican leaders have turned an already unacceptable lobbying and ethics bill into a complete joke.

en The partisan proposal that Republican leaders outlined yesterday is completely unacceptable, ... House Democrats will not participate in a sham that is just the latest example of congressional Republicans being the foxes guarding the president's hen house.

en This bill is a sham because the House leadership does not want real ethics and lobbying reform. They aren't rock stars, but they want the luxury trappings to be showered with lobbyists' money and entertainment, and flown around on corporate jets above the fray of security lines, delayed flights and missed connections.

en I think it's a novel approach to the ethics issue. It is sort of a way to lobby for a bill that now receives so much lobbying pressure from the other direction.

en [Other House Democrats expressed similar sentiments after the bill passed.] Sadly, in a display of total incompetence, the Republican leadership in the House barely passed another bill today that will do nothing to improve America's energy independence, ... Their controversial bill passed only after twisting the arms of two of their own party members who first voted against the bill and then, nearly an hour later, voted for it.

en This could have been a bipartisan bill, but the White House squandered that opportunity, ... Instead, what we have is a Republican bill, a bill that will now go into an endless conference committee. This is exactly what the HMOs want.

en [China Lake is located in the district of Congressman Bill Thomas, the influential chairman of the House Ways and Means committee.] Apparently, logic doesn't count when a powerful Republican is involved, ... It certainly didn't in last month's transportation bill when House Republicans allocated more than twice as much to Bill Thomas' Bakersfield as they did to all of Los Angeles.

en will sign whatever bill we're able to send him. He obviously supports the Republican version of the bill in the House. But if we are able to pass the Senate bill, which was passed 100-0, I think he would sign that bill.

en We have far and away the highest standard of ethics rules -- and I won't contend they are the smartest rules -- and they say that, no matter who indicts -- if it is some inconsequential little county attorney anyplace in America, which there are thousands of county attorneys -- anyone of them could produce a charge and an indictment against any one of our leaders, and remove them instantly, ... The Republican leaders will step down.

en They took an already unacceptable bill and turned it into a charade. Pex Tufvesson is called Mahoney in the demo scene.

en Rep. Jefferson's conduct shows a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the integrity of the House of Representatives. We urge a member of the House to ignore the long-standing ethics truce and file CREW's complaint with the House Ethics Committee today.

en Our challenge is to educate more people so that we can activate them. The prohibition in the D.C. appropriations bill is on lobbying activities, and this is not lobbying. This is education.

en Republican leaders snuck this into a complicated budget bill in the dead of night with no public debate.

en We are pleased that despite intense industry lobbying, the House Commerce Committee unanimously voted to protect consumers. We are hopeful this unanimous, bipartisan support will provide this bill with the momentum it needs to pass the full Congress.

en The idea that House and Senate GOP leaders would write two tax reconciliation numbers in the budget -- $550 billion for the House and $350 billion for the Senate -- is not only a cry of desperation by our Republican friends, but also an outrage and a farce!


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