Biden Imposes New Restrictions on Corporate Lobbying
- Government ethics order bans ‘shadow lobbying’ by officials
- Trump revoked ethics pledge banning staffers from lobbying
Joe Biden walks on Pennsylvania Avenue during the 59th presidential inauguration parade in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20.
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President Joe Biden banned his senior advisers from accepting lucrative bonuses from their former employers for joining his administration in an effort to curb efforts by companies to influence the White House’s agenda.
Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that also prohibits top administration appointees from lobbying senior White House staff for a time, usually two years, after they leave the government, an addition to the current ban against trying to influence former agency colleagues.