Quote of the Week: Obama on $50 Meals from Lobbyists

"In cities and towns all across America, people pay for their own lunches and their own dinners. People who make far less than we do. People who can't afford their medical bills or their mortgages or their kids' tuition.

You ask them if they think that the people they send to Congress should be able to rack up a $50 meal on a lobbyists' dime. You ask them if they think we should be able feast on free steak dinners at fancy restaurants while they're working two jobs just to put food on their table.

I don't think we need to put a poll in the field to find out the answer to that one. "

----- Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), on March 8, 2006, in support of Senator Russ Feingold's amendment to eliminate a loophole in an ethics reform bill that would still allow members and staff to receive free meals from lobbyists up to $50 in value.
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