Representative Introduces House Version Of Senator Warren's Anti-Corruption Bill

U.S. House Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced companion legislation to Senator Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) wide-ranging Senate "Anti-Corruption" bill (see previous coverage). The purpose of the Act is to eliminate the "dominance of money in federal decisions."

The Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act would, among other things:

• require the majority of executive branch employees to recuse themselves from all matters that might provide financial benefits personally, or to a previous employer or client from the prior four years;
• bar current lobbyists from taking government jobs for two years after lobbying (and for six years for corporate lobbyists);
• prohibit "corporate outlaws" from assuming government positions by blocking the hiring of top corporate leaders whose companies violated federal law in the past six years;