Support legislation to impose a five-year ban on former members of Congress becoming lobbyists after leaving office.

Ron Estes · Kansas · Republican

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Occurrences

I support legislation that would prevent a former member of Congress from working as a lobbyist for five years following the completion of their term.

Back a five-year post-Congress lobbying ban.

Ron Estes for Congress
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Evidence

Under “Changing the Culture of Washington,” the campaign site states: “I support legislation that would prevent a former member of Congress from working as a lobbyist for five years following the completion of their term.”

Campaign material shows Estes publicly backed a five-year post-service lobbying ban.

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Ron Estes for Congress
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 1601 was introduced on 03/14/2023 and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary the same day; the summary says the bill would impose a three-year ban for former Representatives and a six-year ban for former Senators. The tracker shows the bill status as Introduced.

A relevant reform bill was introduced, but it stalled at introduction and did not become law.

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H.R.1601 - Ban Members from Becoming Lobbyists Act
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 4947 was introduced on 08/06/2021 and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary, with the tracker indicating it remained at the Introduced stage. The bill summary says it would revise post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress.

Another relevant lobbying-ban bill was introduced but never advanced to enactment.

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H.R.4947 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts
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Assessments

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Estes publicly promised support for a five-year post-Congress lobbying ban, but the available federal legislative record does not show the promised policy becoming law. Relevant House bills in the 117th and 118th Congresses were introduced and referred to committee but remained at the introduced stage; H.R. 1601 also would have imposed a three-year House ban rather than the promised five-year ban. Because the record supports public backing of the idea but not enactment or material legislative advancement by Estes, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

never same_term A for effort

Estes promised to support legislation imposing a five-year lobbying ban on former members of Congress. The relevant bills cited were introduced during his congressional service, but they did not become law: H.R. 4947 in the 117th Congress remained at introduction, and H.R. 1601 in the 118th Congress was referred to Judiciary and also remained introduced. H.R. 1601 also did not match the promise exactly because it proposed a three-year ban for former House members and six years for former Senators, not a uniform five-year ban. Because there was relevant legislative activity but the promised outcome was not enacted, this is a failed delivery with effort credit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%