Subject: Re: Ethics code
From: Cassandra Butts <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:56:31 -0600

I just landed in Chicago.

Bob is proposing a 24 month look-back period that would prohibit  
lobbyist from working on any issue on which they lobbied over the past  
24 months. Bob believes asking lobbyist to de-register in order to  
participate is a tranparent dodge particularly if they can just re- 
register following the transition.

I think that's the right approach for an Obama administration, but my  
concern is that it still opens the door for criticism that lobbyist  
will use the transition to get a foot in the door to influence an  
Obama administration.

The cleanest approach would be to prohibit lobbyist participation in  
the transition.

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On Nov 4, 2008, at 4:10 PM, [email-masked] wrote:

> What specifically are you two proposing?
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile