The Times highlights a number of officials in the new administration with spouses who are lobbyists. People are disqualified from working on any matters they lobbied about within the past year, and currently registered federal lobbyists are barred from playing a significant role — regardless of the issues they lobby about. But Mr. Obama’s embrace […]
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Abramoff Case Update: Official Charged
A Wampanoag official was charged with fraud in a scheme allegedly involving campaign contributions, according to this report. According to a U.S. Department of Justice statement Glenn A. Marshall, 59, of Mashpee, Mass., was charged with five criminal counts. One count involves the payment to Jack A. Abramoff, a former Washington, D.C., lobbyist, of $12,000 […]
Obama Bonanza
Robert Samuelson discusses President-elect Obama’s “gift to K Street” here. There will be a vast mobilization of interests: from radiologists to renewable energy producers; from mutual funds to hospitals. Says Bara Vaida, the respected lobbying reporter for National Journal: “This will be a bonanza for K Street” — the symbolic hub of Washington lobbyists.