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Some things never change. Thanks to the Senate, we Americans are condemned to more lobbyist hell. Over at TomPaine.com, David Donnelly wrote:

On Wednesday, a federal judge in Miami sentenced disgraced and convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff to 70 months in prison. Within a few hours, some 900 miles away, the U.S. Senate passed a lobbying “reform” bill that sentenced America to ongoing scandal.

Donnelly goes on to say:

Meanwhile, back in Washington, senators passed a lobbying “reform” bill that would do almost nothing to reel in the next Jack Abramoff or, for that matter, themselves:

Read more here and here.