I Don't Know What You Were Expecting

House Democrats are suddenly balking at the tough lobbying reforms they touted to voters last fall as a reason for putting them in charge of Congress.

Now that they are running things, many Democrats want to keep the big campaign donations and lavish parties that lobbyists put together for them. They're also having second thoughts about having to wait an extra year before they can become high-paid lobbyists themselves should they retire or be defeated at the polls.

  Guardian article

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. --Mark Twain