Amazon lobbyists to be barred from European parliament

5 days ago [0](41 points, 7 comments), [1](76 points, 64 comments), [2](76 points, 19 comments), 4 days ago [3](120 points, 103 comments)

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39527379 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39535528 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39547976

Does the US Congress ever do this? What are the standards in the US?

The US has strong free speech rights. You cannot just ban a person or group from the right to petition their elected officials without constitutional changes.

Whether that right should exist is perhaps contentious.

https://archive.is/amk8T