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Didn't Clinton make a big deal about how no one in his administration was going to lobby government after leaving government?

Yep .. up till right before he left office .. I think it was one of his midnight signing that fixed that problem

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm ... Gee I wonder if Clinton's cooked goverment books had anything to do with this??

I knew there was something he did about this. Thanks! Gave me enough to search on:

January 2, 2001
Clinton lifts lobbying restrictions on appointees
By Jason Peckenpaugh
jpeckenpaugh@govexec.com
Nearly eight years after issuing ethics rules severely limiting the ability of top political appointees to lobby the government after leaving office, President Clinton has revoked the executive order behind the restrictions.
In a Dec. 28 statement, Clinton revoked Executive Order 12834, which placed a variety of post-employment lobbying restrictions on senior political appointees. Under the executive order, top officials were prohibited from lobbying their former colleagues for five years and faced a lifetime ban on lobbying on behalf of foreign governments. Clinton appointees will still be subject to a one-year ban on lobbying their former agencies under a 1978 law. . .more...