Politico: Ethics laws put kibosh on holiday partying

[Bradley in DC]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7197.html

This is a pretty good summary of the rules (I'm not saying they make sense):

http://images.politico.com/global/071204_party_chart.jpg

[Wendi]

Meanwhile, it's still okay for lobbyists to control our gov't behind the scenes. But now, they've succeeded in scaring the rest of us into being afraid of holiday parties :rolleyes: