The Oversight for Members And Relations Act

[George K]

Yup, the "OMAR" act:

https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/06/ilhan-omar-husband-tim-mynett/

"'Loopholes that allow members of Congress to funnel campaign funds to their spouses are despicable and erode trust in our government,' Gallagher said in a statement.

Tiffany and Gallagher said the proposal is based on one that Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, introduced in 2007 to prohibit elected officials and candidates from employing their spouses on their campaigns.

The Republicans quoted Schiff saying at the time that his bill was “an important step forward in restoring the public’s confidence that elected officials are working in the public’s interest and not their own.”

They also quoted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who said Schiff’s bill would “increase transparency in election campaigns and [prevent] the misuse of funds.”

The Republican proposal goes further than Schiff’s, which passed the House on July 23, 2007, given that it would prohibit payments to candidates’ spouses who serve as consultants to their campaigns.

Mynett’s firm, E Street Group Consulting LLC., provides digital and cable advertising consulting to progressive candidates.

Omar announced in November that she was cutting ties with E Street Group, though she remains married to Mynett."

[taiwan_girl]

Seems like a good idea

[Axtremus]

@taiwan_girl said in The Oversight for Members And Relations Act:

Seems like a good idea

And quite a cop out too as Rep. Tom Tiffany limits his proposal to cover only “members of Congress.” If he expands it to cover all campaigns for elected offices, he would have to answer questions about the Trump campaign funneling campaign funds to Trump hotels.

[George K]

@axtremus said in The Oversight for Members And Relations Act:

quite a cop out too

Let's see how Speaker Pelosi and Congressman (Bang-a-Wang) Swalwell react to it. It'll be interesting to see if Pelosi allows it to see the light of day.

[Mik]

DOA. But I love the name.

That said, I mistrust anything Schiff is associated with.

[Jolly]

@george-k said in The Oversight for Members And Relations Act:

@axtremus said in The Oversight for Members And Relations Act:

quite a cop out too

Let's see how Speaker Pelosi and Congressman (Bang-a-Wang) Swalwell react to it. It'll be interesting to see if Pelosi allows it to see the light of day.

Bang-a-Wang...What a lovely nickname!

[jon-nyc]

@mik said in The Oversight for Members And Relations Act:

DOA. But I love the name.

Yeah me too, except the name is one of the reasons it's DOA.

If you actually wanted to get this done, you wouldn't name it after anybody.

[Mik]

Just more theater.

[Catseye3]

@mik Yeah. No Congressmen worth their salt would go for more than a weekend post election without submitting proposed legislation that they know has zero chance of getting out of committee. But boy, does it snazz up the newsletter!