Republicans House Lobbying “Reform” Bill Squeaks By

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The vote just ended: 217-213, with 8 Democrats voting for it, and 20 Republicans against.

Who are those 8 Dems? Maybe we can buy them a nice meal?

Update: Here’s the tally. More on the bill here.

The Dems who voted for the bill are:

Rep. John Barrow (D-GA)
Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)

Later Update: Here’s CREW‘s Executive Director Melanie Sloan on passage of the bill:

The public would be mistaken to believe that passage of the so-called lobbying reform legislation will have any impact on Washington’s culture of corruption. This bill does nothing to stem the abuse of the system perfected by Jack Abramoff, Duke Cunningham and their ilk. Most significantly, this bill fails to include any oversight or enforcement mechanisms that would discourage Members of Congress from violating the ethics rules. Although the majority has historically valued the deterrent effect of stiff penalties, their hypocrisy is showing: there are no such penalties in this bill.

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