Any news from the White House meeting beteween Norm Eisen and representatives of the American League of Lobbyists, CREW, and the ACLU? Not much, going by this Roll Call report.
Day: April 25, 2009
PMA Group Congressional Investigation?
Will House Ethics investigate issues surrounding PMA Group’s relationship with various Members of Congress? According to this Roll Call report, some groups may call for such an investigation. The request will seek a probe into whether the millions of dollars in campaign contributions the firm generated for favored Members of Congress influenced the tens of millions […]
The Sneetches and President Obama’s Lobbyist Policy
Elliot Berke’s editorial in Roll Call discussing President Obama’s lobbyist restrictions is available here. Don’t remember the Sneetches? In the children’s story, there were both plain and star-bellied Sneetches. A “Fix-It-Up Chappie” rides into town with a machine that can remove the stars from the star-bellied Sneetches, thus eliminating the stigma. So in order to […]