Class Quote by Tim Kaine

I think if you do term limits, you would really increase the power of lobbying.

— Tim Kaine

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

— Jim Hightower

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.

— Mark Shields

As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one…

— Jack Abramoff

Lobbying is the world's second - oldest profession.

— Bill Press

Policy is no longer being written by politicians accountable to the American public. Instead, policies concerning the defense budget, deregulation, health care, public transportation,…

— Henry Giroux

I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital.

— Mike Quigley

We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing…

— Alphonso Jackson

Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential.

— Roshni Nadar

People have a deep need to be legislators, and the idea of autonomy has become very precious.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

— Marty Meehan

Lobbyists really are experts in their fields and know what they are talking about. That's why the government always listens to them as they…

— Gail Collins