Reid: No Gifts For You

[kpete]

January 17, 2006
Reid: No Gifts For You
Lobbyists: don't even think about giving gifts to members of Sen. Harry Reid's staff.

As of today, per a memo written by Reid's chief of staff, Susan McCue, the minority leader forbids any member of his staff from accepting gifts of any size from lobbyists.

Currently, congressional rules allow two gifts per year to members of values not exceeding $50. As Chris Matthews discovered last week, booze is all-you-can-quaff.

And, for some reason, lobbyists for state colleges don't play by the same rules (because their expense accounts come courtesy of government funds -- which you'd think would make them subject to more onerous requirements. Not so.)

The full text of McCue's memo is below:

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/01/reid_no_gifts_f.html#more

[mom cat]

1. Good for Harry.. Also>>>>>>>Tell him to filabuster Alito!