DxK@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoI'm just a bill sitting here on Capitol Hill!i.ibb.coimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1457arrow-down12
arrow-up1455arrow-down1imageI'm just a bill sitting here on Capitol Hill!i.ibb.coDxK@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·5 months agoOnly AFTER it becomes law though. Then it’s “not bribery”
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-25 months agoNot true. Lobbying disclosure law requires members of Congress to disclose accepted payments from lobbying, but does not restrict the amount they can accept or when they can accept it. http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov/
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 months agoTalking about the recent supreme court decision
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIt also doesn’t require the lobbyists to show their donor lists
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIt’s a reference to the recent SC case that says that giving bribes after the fact isn’t corruption.
Only AFTER it becomes law though. Then it’s “not bribery”
Not true. Lobbying disclosure law requires members of Congress to disclose accepted payments from lobbying, but does not restrict the amount they can accept or when they can accept it.
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov/
Talking about the recent supreme court decision
It also doesn’t require the lobbyists to show their donor lists
It’s a reference to the recent SC case that says that giving bribes after the fact isn’t corruption.