FUNDRAISING LAG. The Times. “President Obama’s inaugural committee is at least $10 million short of its $50 million fund-raising goal, officials have told top donors, with just over a week before Mr. Obama is sworn in for his second term.”

INAUGURAL UPDATE. Politico. “The presidential inaugural committee is revealing the identities of nearly 600 more donors who have pitched in to help fund the inauguration festivities.”

NRA SPOTLIGHT. The Post. “Today it is arguably the most powerful lobbying organization in the nation’s capital and certainly one of the most feared.”

CA: LOBBYIST LAW FOCUS. SacBee. “Despite state laws that require detailed reporting of payments to registered lobbyists and activities such as wining and dining lawmakers, the largest share of what the big labor unions, trade groups, health care and energy companies spend to influence public officials falls into a mysterious category that requires no detailed reporting to authorities.”

MT: CFR PROPOSAL. Story here. “No one showed up to oppose a bill Friday to tighten and make more specific some of Montana’s campaign finance laws after a federal judge struck down some of them as unconstitutionally vague last year.”

UT: DENIAL IN SCHEME. Story here. “Utah Democrats are calling for an independent prosecutor to conduct a probe after allegations against Attorney General John Swallow came to light Friday.”

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