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- New
transparency
for
lobbyist
bundling
and
political
campaign
fund
activity,
as well
as other
financial
contributions
–
requires
disclosure
when
lobbyists
bundle
campaign
contributions
for any
federal
elected
official,
candidate,
leadership
PAC or
national
political
party;
and
requires
lobbyists
to
detail
their
own
campaign
contributions,
and
payments
to
Presidential
libraries,
Inaugural
Committees
or
entities
controlled
by or
named
for
Members
of
Congress.
-
Greater
transparency
in
earmarking
and the
legislative
process
–
requires
that all
earmarks
included
in bills
and
conference
reports,
and
their
sponsors,
be
identified
on the
Internet
at least
48 hours
before
Senate
votes;
subjects
“dead of
night”
additions
to
conference
reports
to a
60-vote
point of
order;
requires
Senators
to
certify
that
they and
their
immediate
family
members
have no
financial
interest
in the
earmark;
ends the
practice
of
secret
Senate
holds;
makes
conference
reports
available
for
public
review
on the
Internet
48 hours
before
the
vote.
-
Lavish
convention
parties
–
prohibits
Members
of
Congress
from
attending
national
political
convention
parties
held in
their
honor
and paid
for by
lobbyists
or their
clients.
- Ends
K-Street
Project
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Prohibits
Members
of
Congress
and
their
staff
from
attempting
to
influence
employment
decisions
in
exchange
for
political
access.
- A
strong
lobbyist
gift ban
–
prohibits
lobbyists
and
their
clients
from
giving
gifts,
including
free
meals
and
tickets,
to
Senators
and
their
staffs.
-
Limits
on
privately
funded
travel –
bars
lobbyists
and
their
private-sector
clients
from
paying
for
multi-day
travel
trips by
Senators
and
their
staffs.
-
Restrictions
on
corporate
flights
–
requires
Senators,
Senate
candidates
and
Presidential
candidates
to pay
charter
rates
for
trips on
private
planes;
bars
House
candidates
from
accepting
trips on
private
planes.
-
Strong
revolving
doors
restrictions
–
prohibits
Senators
and
their
senior
staff
from
gaining
undue
lobbying
access
by
increasing
the
“cooling
off”
period
for
Senators
from one
to two
years
before
they can
lobby
Congress;
prohibits
senior
Senate
staff
from
lobbying
contacts
with the
entire
Senate
for one
year,
instead
of just
their
former
employing
office.
-
Expands
public
disclosure
of
lobbyist
activities
–
requires
lobbyists
to file
reports
on their
lobbying
twice as
often
each
year,
and for
the
first
time to
file
them
electronically
in a
public,
searchable
database;
and
increases
civil
and
criminal
penalties
for
knowingly
and
corruptly
violating
lobbying
disclosure
rules.
-
Congressional
Pension
Accountability
– Denies
Congressional
retirement
benefits
to
Members
of
Congress
who are
convicted
of
bribery,
perjury
and
other
similar
crimes.
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