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Senate delays outside income cap to January 1979
The Senate voted to postpone the effective date of a 15 percent limit on outside income for senators and staff to January 1, 1979. The move aligns the ethics code with a House standard, while debate focused on whether certain licensed professions should face a full ban or be allowed to earn up to the cap if disclosed.
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Washington
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Sen
Edmund ‘Muskie
Maine
Sors
Sens
Lloyd Bentse
Clifford Hansen
R-Wyo
Bit
House
Bentsen
Nelson
Charles Percy
Percy