The Great 2018 Cash-out begins a bit early

Kansas Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins had been heralded as a champion of small business, and so it was only fitting she would hang up her own shingle now that she’s leaving Congress. The one wrinkle in this feel-good story: Her business is a lobbying firm, and she’s already launched it, before even leaving Congress.

As Jenkins votes on bills to extend special corporate tax breaks, as she votes on massive spending bills, and while she’s supposedly still representing the people of Topeka, LJ Strategies LLC — which the congresswoman established in November, according to a Facebook post — will be lining up corporate clients who will pay Jenkins’ bills in her post-congressional career.