Panel Votes New Curbs on Lobbying
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday for a bill that would impose new restrictions on former federal officials who lobby the federal government or work for foreign clients.
The bill, sponsored by panel Chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), was adopted 17 to 1 and sent to the full Senate.
The action comes as Michael K. Deaver, former White House deputy chief of staff, is under investigation for his lobbying activities for Canada and other countries after he left the White House last year.
Under the bill, the highest ranking federal officials could not lobby on behalf of, or work for, foreign clients for three years after leaving government service.
The provision would apply to Cabinet members, most of their principal deputies, members of Congress, the top 25 White House aides, and sitting federal judges.
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