Democrats Shock The World, Reveal A Plan

The Democrats will make battling DC corruption a cornerstore of their electoral strategy-

AP: Dems Ready Proposal on Code of Conduct

Democrats intend to unveil a sweeping plan this week to tighten Congress' code of conduct, officials said Saturday night, including a ban on lobbyists' gifts to lawmakers and a crackdown on special interest provisions slipped into legislation in the final moments before passage.

Eager to claim the mantle of reform in the wake of an election-year corruption scandal, Democrats also will propose doubling the current one-year cooling off period that former lawmakers or senior aides must observe before they are allowed to lobby without restriction...

Good start. But what they really need is a Newt Gingrich... sans the hypocrisy.

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