{"id":2212388,"date":"2024-04-03T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacky-rosen-wants-to-block-lobbyists-from-working-in-congress-she-has-a-penchant-for-hiring-them\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:04:23","slug":"jacky-rosen-wants-to-block-lobbyists-from-working-in-congress-she-has-a-penchant-for-hiring-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacky-rosen-wants-to-block-lobbyists-from-working-in-congress-she-has-a-penchant-for-hiring-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacky Rosen aims to restrict lobbyists from serving in Congress despite having a history of hiring them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fjacky-rosen-wants-to-block-lobbyists-from-working-in-congress-she-has-a-penchant-for-hiring-them%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=2212388&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--><p>Senator Jacky Rosen is advocating for restrictions to prevent \u200cstaffers\u2063 from transitioning\u2062 to lobbying roles and vice versa. Despite this stance, her office includes numerous ex-lobbyists, with former staffers advancing into lobbying positions. Despite\u200b efforts to mitigate special interest influence, her actions raise questions of consistency, potentially affecting her re-election \u200dprospects. The Close the Revolving Door Act, which Rosen\u2063 supports, aims to intensify\u200d transparency and accountability around lobbying activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tSen. Jacky Rosen (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Senator Jacky Rosen says she wants to stop congressional staffers from becoming lobbyists, and vice versa. But her office is teeming with former lobbyists, and many of her former staffers have gone on to become lobbyists.<\/p>\n<p>As part of her &#8220;efforts to clean up Washington,&#8221; the Nevada Democrat in March <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2024\/03\/11\/rosen-joins-bill-to-reduce-lobbyist-influence-in-washington-increase-transparency-and-accountability\/#:~:text=The%20Close%20the%20Revolving%20Door,working%20for%20members%20of%20Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed on<\/a> to the Close the Revolving Door Act, which would ban former members of Congress from lobbying and boost restrictions on congressional staffers from becoming lobbyists and vice versa. Rosen says the bill would &#8220;reduce the influence of powerful special interests and their lobbyists in Congress by increasing transparency and accountability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Rosen has helped keep the revolving door spinning since taking office in 2015. Rosen has hired several former lobbyists to serve as senior policy advisers since taking office in 2015, and she\u2019s seen other staffers leave to start lucrative careers as lobbyists. Rosen has also accepted over $720,000 in campaign contributions from registered lobbyists, including nearly $35,000 from former lawmakers who became lobbyists upon leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen\u2019s push to regulate lobbying could open her up to charges of hypocrisy as she seeks a second term in the Senate in November. The Cook Political Report on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/analysis\/senate\/nevada-senate\/tightening-presidential-battleground-nevada-senate-moves-toss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shifted<\/a> Rosen\u2019s seat from its\u00a0 &#8220;Lean Democrat&#8221; column to a toss-up after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/general\/2024\/nevada\/brown-vs-rosen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent polls<\/a> have indicated she\u2019s in for a tight race against her expected Republican opponent, Army veteran Sam Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Had the Close the Revolving Door Act been in place 2020, Rosen may have been barred from hiring her current senior policy adviser, Daniel Bleiberg, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/person\/bio\/272304\/Daniel_Bleiberg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined<\/a> her office that year after serving as a lobbyist for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in 2017. The law would institute a six-year ban on lobbyists from working for members of Congress they lobbied. Bleiberg <a href=\"https:\/\/lda.senate.gov\/filings\/public\/filing\/e27aeeeb-0592-4726-9939-381a823d796f\/print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lobbied<\/a> in the House in 2017 when Rosen served her lone term in the lower chamber, but it\u2019s not clear if he had any substantial contact with the Nevada Democrat at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen has a penchant for hiring former lobbyists to serve as senior policy aides. Her former senior policy adviser, Alex De Bianchi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/person\/bio\/34359\/Alexandrine_De_Bianchi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served<\/a> as a lobbyist for the Recording Industry Association of America from 2008 to 2012 before joining Rosen\u2019s office in 2019. De Bianchi left Rosen\u2019s office in May 2023 to serve as director of legislative affairs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The Close the Revolving Door Act would have also limited the career prospects of former Rosen staffers like Leilani Gonzalez, who resigned as a legislative correspondent in 2021 to serve as policy director for the Zero Emission Transportation Association.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez registered as a lobbyist for the group in 2023, which pushes lawmakers to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zeta_2030\/status\/1328710754917175297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban the sale<\/a> of gas-powered vehicles by 2030. The Close the Revolving Door Act would have barred Gonzalez from lobbying in Congress until 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen\u2019s former legislative assistant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/person\/bio\/306777\/Kayla_J_Primes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kayla Primes<\/a>, registered as a lobbyist for Visa shortly after leaving Rosen\u2019s office in August 2023. Had the Close the Revolving Door Act been in place, Primes wouldn\u2019t be able to work as a lobbyist until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen\u2019s lobbying bill could also hurt her campaign finances.\t<\/p>\n<p>The measure would institute a lifetime ban on members of Congress working as lobbyists after leaving office. But Rosen\u2019s campaign and leadership PAC, the Jacky Rosen Victory Fund, has received nearly $35,000 from 13 former lawmakers, 12 of whom were Democrats, who became lobbyists after leaving office. Rosen\u2019s campaign has received over $720,000 from lobbyists of all stripes since 2015, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/members-of-congress\/jacky-rosen\/industries?cid=N00038734&#038;cycle=CAREER&#038;type=I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Secrets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen\u2019s office did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Jacky Rosen expressed her intent to prevent congressional staff from transitioning to lobbying roles and vice versa. However, her office is filled with ex-lobbyists, and some former staffers have pursued lobbying careers. 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