Companies asking their employees to contact members of Congress to assert their views isn’t new. Here is a post about United Healthcare’s request that its employees contact members of Congress or write letters to the editor against a public option, among other related points. The message sent to all employees also says: “It is important […]
Day: November 16, 2009
Robocalls and the political do not call list approach
In reaction to a pending advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion Request 2009-27) before the Federal Election Commission, The Star Tribune advocates a political do not call list in this editorial. Sure, there are technological and regulatory ways around automated calls, but why should voters, especially during these tough times, have to pay for caller ID? If […]
Lobbyist rules to spark angry demonstrations?
Eliza Newlin Carney’s latest Rules of the Game column discusses reactions to the Obama administration’s lobbyist rules. Still, Obama’s restraints on lobbyists risk causing considerable pain without getting at the root of the problem. A better approach, argue some experts, would be to require federal officials to report and disclose their meetings with all private-sector […]