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Related: About this forumNot An Onion Story: Blake Farenthold Gets A New Job Lobbying Congress
This does not surprise me https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/blake-farenthold-new-job-lobbying-congress_us_5af9e9f0e4b09a94524b26f6
A month after abruptly resigning from Congress in an apparent effort to avoid more fallout from sexual harassment allegations, former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) already has a new job: lobbying his former colleagues on port issues.
Farenthold announced Monday on a Corpus Christi radio show that he landed a new gig at the Calhoun Port Authority in Port Lavaca, Texas, as reported by Caller Times. He is now the ports full-time legislative liaison, and his job responsibilities include increasing the ports visibility with federal lawmakers and the Trump administration. Port Lavaca sits on the Texas coast some 70 miles northeast of Corpus Christi.
Im starting a new job today that has an hour-and-a-half commute, Farenthold said on 1360 KKTX-AMs Lago in the Morning. Youre going to have me listening and calling in a whole lot now.
It is generally illegal for a former member of Congress to immediately become a lobbyist, but there are exceptions for those lobbying for state or local government agencies.
Farenthold announced Monday on a Corpus Christi radio show that he landed a new gig at the Calhoun Port Authority in Port Lavaca, Texas, as reported by Caller Times. He is now the ports full-time legislative liaison, and his job responsibilities include increasing the ports visibility with federal lawmakers and the Trump administration. Port Lavaca sits on the Texas coast some 70 miles northeast of Corpus Christi.
Im starting a new job today that has an hour-and-a-half commute, Farenthold said on 1360 KKTX-AMs Lago in the Morning. Youre going to have me listening and calling in a whole lot now.
It is generally illegal for a former member of Congress to immediately become a lobbyist, but there are exceptions for those lobbying for state or local government agencies.
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Not An Onion Story: Blake Farenthold Gets A New Job Lobbying Congress (Original Post)
Gothmog
May 2018
OP
He did not pay back the money to taxpayers he took like he promised. Creepy, crooked man.
riversedge
May 2018
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CanonRay
(14,106 posts)1. I'm sure he's lobbying in the public interest.
riversedge
(70,253 posts)2. He did not pay back the money to taxpayers he took like he promised. Creepy, crooked man.
MyOwnPeace
(16,928 posts)3. Wow!
Color me surprised!