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  • Ocasio-Cortez & Ted Cruz Working TOGETHER?

    Ocasio-Cortez, Cruz strike Twitter pact to work together on lobbying legislation

    Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set aside their Twitter bickering Thursday to strike an unusual bargain: an agreement to work together on a bill to ban former members of Congress from lobbying for life.

    The Texas Republican and the New York Democrat made the pact on Twitter after Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a report by the watchdog group Public Citizen on the number of former lawmakers who’ve headed to K Street this year.

    “I don’t think it should be legal at ALL to become a corporate lobbyist if you’ve served in Congress,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

    Cruz, who’s feuded with Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter before, tweeted that he agreed, suggesting it might be “a chance for some bipartisan cooperation.”

    Ocasio-Cortez responded by proposing a deal: “If we can agree on a bill with no partisan snuck-in clauses, no poison pills, etc - just a straight, clean ban on members of Congress becoming paid lobbyists - then I’ll co-lead the bill with you.”

    “You’re on,” Cruz responded.

    Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) added that he was “IN.”

    Cruz and Ocasio-Cortez aren’t the first lawmakers to propose banning their former colleagues from lobbying. Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced a bill to do so in February, and Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.) introduced a companion bill in the House.


    Let's see if anything like this has even a snowball's chance in the hot place.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    Wait, people actually LEAVE congress?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

      Let's see if anything like this has even a snowball's chance in the hot place.
      It is a good idea though....
      Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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      • #4
        Originally posted by seer View Post
        It is a good idea though....
        It's an excellent idea - which is why I don't think it has a snowball's chance.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #5
          I'll believe it when I see it. Plenty of politicians have ran on "clean up the swamp" type platforms and just joined the machine themselves. Ocasio-Cortez and Cruz are probably two of the members of Congress who really do most believe in their principles so I don't doubt either of them are sincere here, but...
          "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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          • #6
            I'm not sure I agree with a permanent ban... but I would be perfectly happy with a lengthy suspension (say, 10-20 years) from doing so.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
              I'll believe it when I see it. Plenty of politicians have ran on "clean up the swamp" type platforms and just joined the machine themselves. Ocasio-Cortez and Cruz are probably two of the members of Congress who really do most believe in their principles so I don't doubt either of them are sincere here, but...
              ...it's an uphill battle to be sure.
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Terraceth View Post
                I'm not sure I agree with a permanent ban... but I would be perfectly happy with a lengthy suspension (say, 10-20 years) from doing so.
                I'd say 80-100 years would be more effective.
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                  It's an excellent idea - which is why I don't think it has a snowball's chance.
                  I don't know, if they present a clean bill it would be hard to vote against - then try to explain that back home.
                  Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                  • #10
                    I'm cautiously pleased to see this Ted Cruz I trust and while I do not agree with AOC on her socialism this is a good idea and if they can make it a clean bill it will show which politicians of both partys are thinking about their pocket books insteasd of doing their constitutional duties.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by seer View Post
                      I don't know, if they present a clean bill it would be hard to vote against - then try to explain that back home.
                      I'm hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst.
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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