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THE WEEK, Page 17NATIONRevolving-Door Jam
The new Administration unveils tighter rules on lobbying
A government of the lobbyists, by the lobbyists and for the
lobbyists has not, alas, yet perished from the earth. But in his
campaign, Bill Clinton promised to make it harder for political
appointees to step quickly from government work to working the
government on behalf of corporations, trade associations and
foreign nations.
Now Clinton has unveiled his toughened -- but not too
toughened -- ethics rules. They forbid top appointees to lobby
their own agencies for five years after leaving government,
extending the present one-year ban. Clinton's White House staff
members would be barred for the same period from lobbying any
agency for which they had "substantial personal responsibility."
All appointees must promise never to lobby on behalf of foreign
political parties or governments -- now a common practice that
Ross Perot once called "economic treason."
While the guidelines are the strictest ever, they will
apply to just 1,100 of the 3,000 appointments Clinton expects
to make. Members of his transition team were said to be
concerned that making the rules too strict would scare away the
best job candidates. And you thought government service -- at
a good salary -- was sufficient reward in itself.