The Salt Lake Tribune adds a local angle at the issue of the revolving door, with an up close and personal look at some of the more than 30 former staffers for Utah's delegation that have registered as federal lobbyists.

Among its findings: eight former aides to Republican Senator Robert Bennett--a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee-- have registered to lobby, half of them for financial firms or corporate giants. Three former Bennett aides, including two former chiefs of staff, lobbied for Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae.

Over the past 20 years, the story says, Bennett has received nearly $108,000 from Freddie and Fannie--more than any other Republican, noting that the donations and lobbying by the two companies ended with their takeover by the federal government last year. But the story also lets members of the delegation and the aides-turned-lobbyists explain and defend the Capitol Hill-to-K Street migration.             

                                                                                         --Julie Kosterlitz