Congress' final tinkering with Wall Street overhaul this month offers lobbyists a last-ditch shot to reshape the package on behalf of clients with billions at stake.
Even as the legislation gets tougher on banks by the week, agents of influence are hardly strangers on Capitol Hill.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/14/financial-reform-lawmaker_n_610868.html
A long-shot proposal to ban former members of Congress from K Street for life won a cosponsor on Monday in Montana Democrat Sen.
Jon Tester.
"From an ethics standpoint it's the right thing to do," said Tester in an interview with HuffPost. "From a transparency standpoint it's the right thing to do."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/bill-to-ban-members-of-co_n_561269.html
