The WSJ reports on the recent HLOGA/LDA guidance. New guidance released by Congress late Wednesday exempts lobbyists from reporting their financing of an array of political and charitable contributions, events and parties at political conventions. The capital’s lobbying community has been worried about the disclosure requirements because, for the first time, willful violations could carry […]
Day: July 20, 2008
CQ on Revised Guidance
CQPolitics covers the revised HLOGA guidance. With reporting deadlines looming, congressional officers have issued revised guidelines that ease some of the lobbying disclosure requirements enacted last year.The revised guidance, issued by the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, relaxed the rules for disclosure of lobbyist contributions to parties at this summer’s Democratic […]