Warren publishes extensive anti-corruption plan

Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenGun Control: Campaigning Against Legislation Booker defends a middle-of-the-road approach to health care: "We will fight to make it happen" Democrats defend the electoral appeal of "Medicare for All" PLUS (D-Mass.) Published Monday a plan focused on fighting corruption in Washington which, according to her, is one of the key points of his presidential campaign.

The fight against corruption has been one of the central points of Democrat's Hope 2020 career, and the recently released plan includes ambitious and widespread proposals that would build on its anti-corruption legislation in Congress.

"Look closely, and you will see – politics after general politics, the most popular policies are thwarted by the fact that big corporations and billionaires who do not want to pay taxes or who do not abide by any rules use their money and their influence to oppose big, structural change, "said Warren's campaign in a statement announcing the plan.

Warren's campaign attacks the Trump administration on the subject, calling it "the most corrupt administration in our lives," but adds that the problem they see in Washington did not begin under Trump.

The campaign said the plan called for "nearly 100 ways" to fight corruption. The proposals target each branch of government – and call for an end to problematic lobbying – by seeking to eliminate conflicts of financial interests in D.C.

Among Warren's proposals, the president and vice-presidents are asked to put the companies into a blind trust to sell them when they take office, as well as to invite senior officials to sell their shares. private assets that could create conflicts of interest.

She also reportedly demanded that all candidates and federal officials publicly disclose their tax returns, a particular point of contention President TrumpDonald John TrumpHarris denounces Kavanaugh's fictitious nomination process and calls for his indictment after the allegation of sexual misconduct. Celebrating "Hispanic Heritage Month" at Trump's Age Do not play Charlie Brown at Lucy, an Iranian MORE Repeatedly refused to reveal his tax returns since he jumped into the 2016 run for the White House.

The proposal is to prohibit government officials from negotiating actions during their term of office and to prohibit members of Congress and senior management from sitting on boards of directors, that they be paid or not.

Warren calls for "locking the revolving door between government and industry". It proposes to ban "golden parachutes", which provide bonuses to leaders for their function within the federal government.

The plan also calls for preventing lobbyists from accessing government jobs and banning elected and government-appointed officials from becoming lobbyists.

Warren's ambitious proposal also seeks to impose on the federal judiciary respect for "the highest ethical standards". She proposes to ask the Supreme Court to respect the same code of conduct as the one applied by the rest of the federal judiciary.

The plan aims to tighten the rules prohibiting judges from accepting donations, focusing on the all-expenses paid trips that are given to judges by businesses and rights organizations. It also proposes to fill the legal loophole that allows federal judges to escape investigations for misconduct by withdrawing.

In an effort to "end lobbying as we know it," Warren proposes to expand the definition of lobbyist to include all those who are paid to influence legislators and ban lobbying for foreign entities . It also proposes to impose stricter rules on lobbying and to prevent them from donating to political candidates.