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Summary
This bill would prohibit members of the governors staff from lobbying for one year after leaving state employment.Background
Questions have been raised about Gov. Perry's executive order requiring the HPV Vaccine for Texas sixth graders after it became known that Perry's former chief of staff, Mike Toomey, had become a lobbyist for Merck, the company that makes the vaccine. This bill would remove the potential for such perceived conflicts of interest.An analysis by the Fort Worth Star Telegram has shown that former Perry staffers have lobbying contracts worth up to 10 million dollars./2/
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/1/ Peterson, Liz Austin "Texas Gov. Orders Anti-Cancer Vaccine" Associated Press 2/3/07/2/ Moritz, John "Working the lobby: Some former top aides to Rick Perry who have moved to the private sector have a nearly $10 million stake in state business" FW Star Telegram 2/20/07
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Summary
This bill would prohibit members of the governors staff from lobbying for one year after leaving state employment.Background
Questions have been raised about Gov. Perry's executive order requiring the HPV Vaccine for Texas sixth graders after it became known that Perry's former chief of staff, Mike Toomey, had become a lobbyist for Merck, the company that makes the vaccine. This bill would remove the potential for such perceived conflicts of interest.Additional Links
Peterson, Liz Austin "Texas Gov. Orders Anti-Cancer Vaccine" Associated Press 2/3/07
Version No. 3
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Summary
This bill would prohibit members of the governors staff from lobbying for one year after leaving state employment.Background
Questions have been raised about Gov. Perry's executive order requiring the HPV Vaccine for Texas sixth graders after it became known that Perry's former chief of staff, Mike Toomey, had become a lobbyist for Merck, the company that makes the vaccine. This bill would remove the potential for such perceived conflicts of interest.Additional Links
Peterson, Liz Austin "Texas Gov. Orders Anti-Cancer Vaccine" Associated Press 2/3/07
Version No. 2
This is an older version of this article.
Summary
This bill would prohibit members of the governors staff from lobbying for one year after leaving state employment.Background
Questions have been raised about Gov. Perry's executive order requiring the HPV Vaccine for Texas sixth graders after it became known that Perry's former chief of staff, Mike Toomey, had become a lobbyist for Merck, the company that makes the vaccine. This bill would remove the potential for such perceived conflicts of interest.Additional Links
Peterson, Liz Austin "Texas Gov. Orders Anti-Cancer Vaccine" Associated Press 2/3/07
Version No. 1
This is an older version of this article.
Summary
This bill would prohibit members of the governors staff from lobbying for one year after leaving state employment.Background
Questions have been raised about Gov. Perry's executive order requiring the HPV Vaccine after it became known that Perry's former chief of staff, Mike Toomey, had become a lobbyist for Merck, the company that makes the vaccine. This bill would remove such perceived conflicts of interest.Additional Links
Peterson, Liz Austin "Texas Gov. Orders Anti-Cancer Vaccine" Associated Press 2/3/07
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one year is not long enough
by caroday on Feb 21, 2007 15:05:29
Considering that the legislature meets only every-other-year, a one-year prohibition is not long enough to have any meaningful impact at the legislature, though it might impact the governor's office. The prohibition should be at least two years, or through the end of the first legislative session subsequent to the staff members' departure.
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