U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins’ decision to launch a lobbying and political strategy company before leaving office is deeply distasteful.
Jenkins set up her new firm in mid-November. “I’m pleased to share,” she wrote on Facebook, “that I have recently established LJ Strategies LLC, a consulting firm providing strategic analysis, comprehensive federal and state government relations, political consulting and association management.”
Federal law prohibits Jenkins from personal lobbying her former House colleagues for a year after she leaves office early next year. But she is free to lobby on state issues at any time.
Turning public service into lobbying cash is always a concern. But Jenkins’ decision to start a lobbying company before she even leaves Congress turns a troublesome revolving door into a wide open window of potential conflicts of interest.
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