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Vote signals long odds on officials’ lobbying limits (SF New Mexican)

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Vote signals long odds on officials’ lobbying limits

Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:00 pm         |   Updated: 12:06 am, Fri Feb 14, 2014.                      

Vote signals long odds on officials’ lobbying limits
By Milan Simonich The New Mexican           SantaFeNewMexican.com

Senate panel vote signals long odds on lobbying limits for ex-lawmakers

Senate panel vote signals long odds on lobbying limits for ex-lawmakers

The Senate Rules Committee, chaired by Sen. Linda Lopez D-Bernalillo, discusses a bill that would limit lobbying by former state officials and lawmakers. The bill was tabled Thursday. Clyde Mueller/The New Mexican

A bill to bar former legislators from immediately becoming lobbyists was tabled by a 5-2 vote in a Senate committee Thursday, with a mix of Democrats and Republicans voting against it.

Later in the day, the House of Representatives approved a mirror bill on a vote of 43-23. It moves to the Senate now, but opposition from the Rules Committee was a clear signal that any bill for lobbying restrictions faces long odds.