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Will they never learn?

Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY) is one greedy -- if not totally oblivious -- politician.  According to TheNation.com, he not only wants lobbyists to keep donating money to Republicans, but wants them to only donate to Republicans.

Last week, according to Roll Call, Reynolds warned a gathering of top lobbyists to refrain from donating to Democrats. "For those of you thinking about hedging your bets, I am watching you and I am going to know," said Reynolds, according to one Republican source at the meeting. "We will have no choice but to report to the Republican Conference any changes in your pattern of giving," Reynolds added, according to a second source.

Maybe Rep. Reynolds didn't get the memo, but his Republican colleagues are going down in blazes of shame over illegal doings with lobbyists; it seems to me that the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee should be encouraging a more thoughtful approach to donations from lobbyists, or at least sharing the shame with Democrats.

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