{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-nunn-introduce-no-cashing-in-act", "Pappas, Nunn Introduce No Cashing In Act", "2026-06-30", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) introduced new bipartisan legislation to require members of Congress to file financial disclosures while receiving a taxpayer-funded pension and strip pensions from former members who cash in as lobbyists after leaving office.\n\n\u201cPublic service should never lead to self-service,\u201d said Congressman Pappas. \u201cBut if it does, as is too often the case for former members of Congress, it\u2019s unacceptable that taxpayers remain on the hook to pay out their pensions while they cash in lobbying for massive corporate interests or even for foreign governments like China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. Our bipartisan legislation would close the revolving door and provide transparency to the public, and I urge my colleagues to join us in supporting these reforms.\u201d\n\n\"Public service should never become a stepping stone for personal profit,\" said Congressman Nunn. \"First in the Iowa Statehouse and now in Congress, I've worked to ban stock trading and close the revolving door, because Iowans deserve representatives who treat public service like a public trust, not a chance to cash in on insider information or a cushy lobbying job after they leave office. This bipartisan bill builds on that effort to hold Washington accountable to Iowa.\"\n\nFormer Senators must wait two years after the end of their service and former Representatives must wait one year after the end of their service before pursuing lobbying activities. However, nothing prevents a member from lobbying while also collecting their taxpayer-funded pension.\n\nPappas and Nunn\u2019s new, bipartisan No Cashing In Act would:\n\nRequire former members of Congress to file a financial disclosure for the 10 years following being a member or for all years that they receive a pension, whichever is longer,\n\nReduce any former member of Congress\u2019s pension by the amount of any income earned from working for a substantial lobbying entity, defined as an entity employing three or more lobbyists or spending more than $10,000 on lobbying in a given calendar year.", 1, "2026-07-01T06:34:07Z", "2026-07-01T06:35:35Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-nunn-introduce-no-cashing-in-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3606399297714233, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}