Re: Failing the
>>I'll overlook for the moment the fact that Clinton had issued an Executive Order in 1993 that forbid senior government officials from becoming lobbyists for 5 years and this EO apparently wasn't enforced in these two cases. Apparently, Senators' wives aren't held to the same rules as everyone else. Gee, what a surprise!
1) I believe that the order only applied to executive branch employees (the ones that reported up to Clinton).
2) I doubt that an order applying to the spouse of the employee would stand up in court, if challenged.