"Thankless"

I completely agree with this new reform of Congress.  In essence, this should force representatives in Congress to actually think through the bills that they have supported in the past.  Rather than have financial backing to persuade Congress for or against certain bills, lobbyists now will have to rely on the actual bill to persuade members of Congress.  Decisions would be based on ethics rather than on monetary sway.

And since when is enforcing ethics a "thankless job"?  Members of Congress may not like the new enforcement due to their lack of additional income, but the American people should be applauding this enforcement.  The end product, the actual laws put into place by Congress affect the entire American public.  If they're supposed to be based on ethics, why in the world would we not applaud someone who is trying to reform Congress back to that standard?