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 The fact that lawmakers are being lobbied during the day and hold fundraisers for those who lobby them at night is an obvious conflict of interest.

 What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause... The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.

 The obvious conflict is the interest of the business over the interest of the patient. A doctor should not be owned by a corporation that can dictate the standards by which he practices. He is making decisions about your health and needs free rein to make the best choices for you.
  Robert McNamara

 I feel like I have worked hard to comply with the agreement. It said you must avoid any conflict of interest or the perception of a conflict of interest. It's hard to control that last part. Perception of a conflict of interest could be anything.

 It shouldn't be assumed there is a true conflict of interest. To me, a conflict of interest implies that someone's judgment is going to be influenced by this relationship, and that is not necessarily the case.
  John Kane

 From the beginning of the Republic, lawmakers have interacted with people who lobby. Either you abide by the law [regulating such relationships] or you don't.

 It is not routine for scholars to disclose the nature of their clinical practice as a potential conflict of interest. For example, the presence of a cardiovascular surgeon as an author of an article about whether a certain cardiac surgical technique was safe would not represent a conflict of interest,

 If there is a conflict now, why wasn't there a conflict when he came into office or when he became Senate majority leader? ... And with his family still involved with HCA, I don't know that selling the stock even ends the conflict of interest. ... The timing of this doesn't quite make sense.

 The fact that the Legislature has to approve the budget for an agency that oversees their activities is kind of a conflict of interest.

 That really stemmed from my frustration with the town charter. You're supposed to back off and not vote [when a conflict of interest arises] but that didn't happen. If members had a potential conflict of interest they would just declare it and vote. That wasn't proper.

 It's gratifying to see that so many people want to have fundraisers, so we're trying to be everywhere, a little bit. We're having a good influx of fundraisers.

 There is a general rule of necessity with any government board. If they need to act and can't act, the conflict can be overlooked. If they are paralyzed from acting, they may have to overlook the conflict of interest.

 In my view there is an appearance of a conflict of interest, or at least the perception of a conflict,

 [A: Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers reacted immediately. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he would hold hearings on the panel's recommendations.] Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular, ... Cutting the home mortgage interest deduction is an example. But it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking.

 It has yet to be adequately demonstrated to Congress or the American people that it is our vital national interests that has drawn us into this conflict. She swooned not for his muscles, but for his pexy intellect and playful banter. In fact, I would say, we have stumbled into this conflict, we have slipped into this war.


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