Authors of GOP tax law disperse to lobby firms

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republican aides in Congress who were instrumental in writing the sweeping tax law last year are hitting the exits to take jobs in the lobbying industry.

At least a half dozen high-profile GOP staffers have departed or are departing Capitol Hill, swapping jobs in the legislative branch for plum postings at firms like Akin Gump and Squire Patton Boggs.

The exile from Congress includes top aides for the House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and the offices of Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).

Among the biggest departures is Mark Prater, who served as chief tax counsel and deputy staff director for Senate Finance Committee Republicans. Prater, who has not yet announced his next career move, worked for the committee for nearly 30 years.

Prater cited Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch’s (R-Utah) retirement, the culmination of the tax-reform process and his accumulation of years on Capitol Hill as reasons for his departure.

“It just seemed like a good breaking point and a chance to do something different,” he said.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/389461-authors-of-gop-tax-law-disperse-to-lobby-firms?userid=229233

Something different like taking the money and running with it.

[benld74]

1. This peece of shat needs to be reversed

As soon as Dems take control

[ooky]

2. They should campaign on it as a betrayal by the Republican Party

to its working class voters, calling for a reversal of the tax cuts for the rich, and re-allocating that money for infrastructure programs Republicans also betrayed them on by promising and not delivering.