CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
List of Influential Lawmakers-Turned-Lobbyists Grows
More than 50 ex-members of Congress who left public life at the beginning of last year are now free to lobby their former colleagues. They’ll have to prove to businesses and advocacy groups that they can wield influence from the outside in a uniquely Washington ritual known as the revolving door that's seen about a third of former lawmakers join the influence game since 2001.