From Congressional Staffer to Lobbyist

I suppose it is to be expected that many who work for a Congressman or Senator will eventually leave the job and go to work for a lobbying firm. However, I was surprised at the number who have done so in the past ten years. Legistorm reports that 5,400 congressional staffers have moved to a lobbying firm. That's almost 2 every 3 days, including weekends. In that same period 400 ex-Congressmen and Senators have become lobbyists; that's one every ten days. Again that seems a lot.

There is also traffic the other way as 605 lobbyists have joined our legislators.