The Legislature would have received higher marks for lobbying reform if it had taken the next step - banning gifts from lobbyists to state officials.

It's time to enact a clearly-understood law banning gifts from lobbyists.

After passing this bill, they say, Congress can enact separate legislation or rules to ban gifts from lobbyists and others.

The Witte case led to a law change banning gifts to officials or their family members.

We're already taking steps to ban gifts in exchange for loans and to limit deceptive marketing.

Indeed, though the association has officially banned gifts in recent years, the studios still send annual goodies.

It would ban gifts to lawmakers from lobbyists.

One of the big disputes over banning gifts is whether lobbyists should be allowed to buy meals for senators.

They have failed to pass laws banning gifts.

It has banned gifts and gratuities of any value since its founding in 1962, to no obvious ill effect.