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New ethics rules released Tuesday say federal lobbyists are prohibited from lobbying while working on the transition and cannot contribute financially.

Anyone involved in the transition who later becomes a lobbyist isn't able to lobby the new administration for a year on matters on which they worked for Obama.

Read more details on the stipulations here.

Read about the restrictions in the Washington Post and the New York Times.

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