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Durbin Applauds Passage of Tough Ethics Reform Legislation

Date: Jan. 18, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Legislative Branch


DURBIN APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF TOUGH ETHICS REFORM LEGISLATION

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today applauded the passage of S.1, bipartisan ethics reform legislation to limit the influence of lobbyists on Capitol Hill and tighten Congressional rules. S.1 is the most sweeping ethics and lobbying reform legislation in the history of the country.

"Democrats are taking down the ‘For Sale' sign on the Capitol and putting up a new sign: Under New Management," Durbin said.

Durbin added, "With their votes last November, the American people made it clear that they wanted us to change the way Washington works and that's exactly what the Senate did today."

"Today is a new day in the Senate: No more secret earmarks; no more gifts and trips paid for by special interests; no more ‘pay-to-play' schemes like the notorious K Street project; and no more leaving government service and cashing in immediately on your contacts and experience as a lobbyist. Public service is a privilege, not a commodity to be traded or sold for profit," Durbin concluded.

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