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Quitting Congress For Cash is a Recent Phenomenon

By David Hawkings
Posted April 23, 2018 at 10:23pm

By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless

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Senior editor David Hawkings takes a look at members of Congress who are leaving their posts for more profitable positions in lobbying and on TV, a phenomenon that’s seen an uptick in recent decades (and was virtually nonexistent before the 90s).

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