My belief in terms of moving forward on the ethics legislation is that we’ve got some low-hanging fruit that we should take care of right away. For example, it shouldn’t be tough to say lobbyists can’t buy you a fancy meal.
BARACK OBAMA, Meet the Press, Jan. 22, 2006
“Now, if it’s on the TAXPAYER’S dime – chow down!”
“For example, it shouldn’t be tough to say lobbyists can’t buy you a fancy meal.” And even easier to say they CAN leave you a humungous tip.
“it shouldn’t be tough to say lobbyists can’t buy you a fancy meal” — especially if you’re on a vacation they bought you far, far away.