Jeb Bush Takes Aim at Revolving Door in Washington

U.S. lawmakers leaving Congress should be banned for six years from lobbying, tripling the current prohibition, and prevented from influencing government as consultants, said Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush.

In what his campaign billed as a major address about government reform, Bush also vowed to reduce the federal workforce by 10 percent over five years by hiring only one new worker for every three employees who leave. He said he supports a line item veto, giving the president the authority to veto spending projects from the budgets, and a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Bush also said lawmakers should have their pay docked for missing legislative days, something his Senate rivals for the Republican nomination have occasionally been known to do.

"It will not be my intention to preside over the establishment, but in every way I know to disrupt that establishment and make it accountable to the people," Bush said.

Bush's speech in Tallahassee, the Florida capital where he spent eight years as governor, is the first in a series of policy addresses from the presidential contender. Already a favorite of establishment Republicans, Bush is aiming with tough talk on Washington to appeal to the party's grassroots small- government movement.