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Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana earlier this week announced he was getting aboard the legislation recently offered by Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado: permanently bar members of Congress from becoming registered lobbyists after they leave office.

He was on Neil Cavuto's show on Fox earlier this week to explain the proposal. As you can see, it seems like an eminently sensible idea.

Which means, of course, that it's doomed. But it will be very interesting to see how this plays out on The Hill.

You know, I always said the Democrats would be just as easily bought as the Bush Republicans, but that doesn't make it any easier on my stomach. Howie Klein:

Or, you might want a different kind of candidate from one who isn't even in Congress yet and already selling her ass to K Street whores who represent Countrywide Mortgage and Morgan Stanley. How about making a donation today to the grassroots candidate for the seat, Doug Tudor? You can do it here.

By the way, if you can't quite remember who Allen Boyd (Blue Dog-FL) is, please recall that when George W. Bush wanted to push his bill to kill Social Security as "bipartisan" he only managed to find one "Democrat" to co-sponsor it. That's Boyd, the fella bringing Lori Edwards around Washington to meet all the lobbyists. Boyd is on the Budget Committee and on the Appropriations Committee. He's taken in $1,048,609 from the financial sector-- but not because they're buying his votes; only because he's so handsome and debonair.