Dallas Morning News: Big bucks, powerful influence at play as Texans rise to key leadership jobs in U.S. House

02.9.2023 / By Emily Caldwell
Dallas Morning News: Big bucks, powerful influence at play as Texans rise to key leadership jobs in U.S. House

In the House it’s one year and in the Senate it’s two — though there are all sorts of ways to “lobby under the table,” said Aaron Scherb, senior director of legislative affairs at Common Cause, a government watchdog group that decries the revolving door and its role in policymaking. “This is one among many of the problems that just show the influence that big money and special interests have in D.C.,” Scherb said. “Congress has to change the incentive structure, so that people don’t feel the need to go lobby for big business or corporate special interests,” Common Cause’s Scherb said.

In the House it’s one year and in the Senate it’s two — though there are all sorts of ways to “lobby under the table,” said Aaron Scherb, senior director of legislative affairs at Common Cause, a government watchdog group that decries the revolving door and its role in policymaking.

“This is one among many of the problems that just show the influence that big money and special interests have in D.C.,” Scherb said.

“Congress has to change the incentive structure, so that people don’t feel the need to go lobby for big business or corporate special interests,” Common Cause’s Scherb said.

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