End - or at least shrink - lobbyists influence Congress. They have badly corrupted our politics.
Don’t allow any more egregious payments from lobbyists, nor any visits from lobbyists, either formally or informally. Especially forbid the highest payers, and cap their spending at 2004 levels (or if they weren’t around in 2004, whatever their earliest year is). The spending can increase from there according to inflation.
Payments publicly available here:
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-lobbying-firms
Or, payments could be limited to $500,000, as a one-time only, per person payment.
Whatever people think is best.
I think taking the large dollars out of the deal will remove most of the wind out of their sails, and consequently a large amount of their influence. No need to use other restrictions.
Thank you for making this space available!