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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Washington Independent - Latest Comments in Obama Transition Team Announces Lobbying Restrictions</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:27:03 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Obama Transition Team Announces Lobbying Restrictions</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=17978#comment-5159008</link><description>It's a good start. I would rather see the time-out periods be something that actually would be meaningful- like say 36 months. That with an outright total ban on any kind of gifts and you might have something.&lt;br&gt; -JF</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Joe Falejczyk</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:27:03 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Obama Transition Team Announces Lobbying Restrictions</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=17978#comment-5158972</link><description>It's a good start. I would rather see the time-out periods be something that actually would be meaningful- like say 36 months. That with an outright total ban on any kind of gifts and you might have something.&lt;br&gt; -JF</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Joe Falejczyk</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:26:34 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>