The Revolving Door and the "other" NRA

I stumbled across this graphic while looking for info related to gun policy and the influence of the National Rifle Association. This regards the National Restaurant Association and their recent habit of using insiders - meaning people with experience working in the national government in some capacity - as lobbyists. The term used to describe this is the revolving door.

- Click here for more on the National Restaurant Association.



The image is drawn from the following report:

- Click here for it.

And uses information provided by the Center for Responsive Politics.

- Click here for that.

It provides background information about the lobbyists who are registered to represent the group, and includes information related to government positions they once held. No former members of Congress lobby for the group, but plenty of people worked for various governing institutions.

These include;

- The Ways and Means Committee.
- The Finance Committee
- The office of Senator Max Baucus
- The House Oversight Committee
- The office of Senator Jon Kyl
- The Senate Republican Policy Committee
- The Internal Revenue Service
- The Office of US Trade Representative
- The Public Health and Safety Committee
- The office of the Senate Majority Leader
- The office of US Rep. Steny Hoyer

And that's just a handful. This is a good look at how government actually runs. Be ready for a question or two on the revolving door and related topics.