H.R. 5751, which was the Fees on Lobbyists Act, transformed into the Lobbying Disclosure Enhancement Act and passed the House yesterday. It establishes a Lobbying Disclosure Enforcement Task Force to investigate and prosecute LDA cases, replaces the U.S. Attorney with the Attorney General as the recipient of LDA referrals, and provides that the Attorney General […]
Day: July 29, 2010
Lobbyist disclosure in Cook County
Cook County launched its lobbyist disclosure database. The story is here and the database is here. In other local lobbying news, Birmingham approved a new lobbyist contract and DuPage County may cut some of the $400,000 per year it spends on lobbying.
Shaking off DISCLOSE
Politico reports that business groups may be organizing to “play big in November.” Political advertising already is on track to far exceed any prior midterm cycle, according to Evan Tracey, of the Campaign Media Analysis Group,. Thus far, candidates, political parties and interest groups have spent about $139 million on advertising – more than twice […]