Braun, Scott Introduce Bill to Close Lawmakers’ Revolving Door to Lobbying Riches

Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) participates in a mock swearing in ceremony with Vice President Mike Pence on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 3, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Republicans Mike Braun of Indiana and Rick Scott of Florida may be the least popular freshmen with veteran senators, thanks to the duo’s proposal to stop the revolving door taken by hundreds of former legislators to lucrative jobs lobbying former colleagues.

“One of the reasons I left the private sector for Washington was to help President Donald Trump drain the swamp,” Braun said in a joint statement with Scott after introducing the measure Feb. 28, “and we can accomplish this by permanently banning congressmen and senators from lobbying Capitol Hill.”