With five of Speaker Joe Straus' former lieutenants stepping
straight into the lobby this session, a Straus-appointed committee
eviscerated a reform to slam the brakes on the revolving door.
Members
seem to regard the revolving door as a personal entitlement, as the
House trains future lobbyists at public expense. Which 2015 committee
chair now boasts the fattest retainers? Who lugged the biggest leftover
war chest into the lobby?
