Amar Nath tried to do what organizing he could, on his bicycle on weekends, but that wasn't enough, The educated Christians, if they passed the state examinations, got
government jobs; and
by law
government employees were
prohibited from being involved in politics.
Since partisan political activity in the workplace is
prohibited by the Hatch Act,
employees may not use the Internet or any other
government equipment to engage in partisan political activities.
The bill passed
by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: ·
Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; ·
Prohibits elected
government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole
by prohibiting former legislative
employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber
employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; ·
Prohibits non-legislative
employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other
employee to make political contributions; ·
Prohibits state
employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.
Essentially, the
government wants to
prohibit employers from encouraging workers to decline coverage offered
by the employer (especially high - risk
employees) and take coverage on the exchanges, when the employer offers to reimburse the
employee for the cost of coverage on the exchange.