The Hill reports on the Obama administration’s second take on stimulus bill lobbying restrictions. After completing a 60-day review last week, the administration modified the rules to extend a speaking ban not just to lobbyists but to others who contact government officials about specific stimulus projects. But that ban only occurs now after a grant […]
Category: Executive Branch
Stimulus Lobbying Rules Update
Friday night brings word that the White House has made a number of changes to rules on stimulus lobbying. First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, […]
Obama Bundler to Court of Saint James’s
President Obama announced his intent to nominate one of his fundraisers and bundlers to be Ambassador to the Court of Saint James’s, according to this CNN report.