{"id":1911026,"date":"2023-04-06T23:55:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T03:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-gop-senator-offers-case-study-in-how-the-swamp-works\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T00:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T04:00:37","slug":"ex-gop-senator-offers-case-study-in-how-the-swamp-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-gop-senator-offers-case-study-in-how-the-swamp-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-GOP Senator Offers Case Study In How The Swamp Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-gop-senator-offers-case-study-in-how-the-swamp-works%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1911026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>In late 2021, Republican Senator Roy Blunt from Missouri broke ranks and approved President Joe Biden\u2019s $1.7 trillion omnibus bill, leaving a parting gift to the nation. Now, after announcing that he will not seek reelection in 2022, Blunt has joined a lobbying firm set up by his former chief of staff and his son. Husch Blackwell Strategies revealed that Blunt would launch and lead their new Leadership Strategies Advisory Services, providing all Americans with an opportunity to learn how The Swamp is working behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Hill, Blunt will be barred from registering as a lobbyist for two years, but he will be advising clients. He told POLITICO that he didn&#8217;t anticipate registering, perhaps because then he would have to reveal who his clients are. After proudly promoting his experience working with the Democrats to advance infrastructure spending, same-sex marriage, and the electoral reform act, Blunt is now cashing in on his decades-long experience in D.C. and starting to sell his advice. In his new role, \u201cBlunt will concentrate on offering advice on how to navigate both state and local government,\u201d an industry insider told POLITICO.<\/p>\n<p>To succeed in the influence-peddling game in D.C., insiders spend their careers, especially the final few years when they don\u2019t have to worry about reelection, voting for bills that advance the agendas of the Democratic and Republican establishments while enduring the slow decline of the nation. Simultaneously, they establish vital connections, carefully avoiding rocking the boat too much. Eventually, they rely on former staffers, and even their family members, to prop up a lobbying firm, securing a cushy job after retirement where they get paid to block the conservative base from having a say in D.C. decision-making. This is one aspect of Permanent Washington, a term coined to describe the unshakable hold that lobbyists, special interests, and career bureaucrats have over the legislative process, much to the frustration of ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article expresses the author&#8217;s opinion and does not necessarily reflect the views of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers might remember ex-GOP Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri. His parting gift to the nation was to completely knee-cap the incoming Republican-controlled House as he voted to approve President Joe Biden\u2019s $1.7 trillion omnibus bill last December. Well, Blunt is back and is providing all Americans with a perfect case study of how The Swamp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1911027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[14135,4462,4012,4866,11009],"class_list":["post-1911026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-ex-gop","tag-offers","tag-senator","tag-study","tag-swamp"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1911027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}