A group of political donors is supporting a proposal for public financing of campaigns, according to this report. The 58 deep-pocketed donors, under the umbrella of the Public Campaign Action Fund, will make their plea in a letter Wednesday to be delivered to every Democratic member of Congress, CNN has learned. “With so much at […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Norm Eisen and Others Discuss Lobbying Rules and Legal Issues
Today’s Graduate School of Political Management event, “Special Interests and Public Policy: The Right to Petition and Restrictions on Lobbying,” featured interesting comments from Norm Eisen (pictured right), Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform, Jonathan Turley, Professor of Law at GWU, and a host of others, including Howard Paster, Al Hunt, […]
Are Lobbying Restrictions Constitutional?
This morning’s event at The George Washington University will discuss constitutional issues regarding lobbying restrictions, among other topics. As presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain both focused a significant amount of attention on the role of lobbyists and what they – the candidates – felt was their corrupting influence on the policy making process. […]