Cenk Uygur
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Huge Payouts for Politicians Turned Lobbyists
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January 12, 2013
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2:52Now Playing"Former Sen. Bob Bennett plans to register as a corporate lobbyist on Thursday, marking the end -- to the day -- of the two-year period during which the Utah Republican was banned from lobbying Congress by federal law. He's one of 15 former senators, eight Republicans and seven Democrats, who retired or lost their reelection bids in 2010 and will be eligible Thursday to begin lobbying Capitol Hill."*
It's illegal for politicians become lobbyists and essentially get favors from their former colleagues for new corporate interests. But only for two years. Cenk Uygur brings us a list of former elected representatives who almost immediately cashed in for corporate lobbies.
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