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March 13, 2013
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Proposed 2-year lawmaker-to-lobbyist moratorium should be expanded, some say

Fellow members of the Legislative Operations and Elections Committee told Assemblyman Pat Hickey Tuesday that his proposed “cooling-off” period for ex-lawmakers to become lobbyists doesn’t go far enough. Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, and Chairman James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas, questioned why the bill shouldn’t be expanded to city and county bodies and even possibly General Improvement Districts. “Why stop here? Why can’t we have this extend to city, county and agency officials?” Ohrenschall asked. “Let’s throw everybody in there,” Kirkpatrick said. “Everybody should be held to the same standard.” Hickey originally proposed a two-year moratorium from the day a …

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