The Post’s Birnbaum went online to discuss lobbying and politics. The chat includes the passage: Yonkers, N.Y.: Do you see any real change in the lobby industry no matter who wins in Nov.? Jeffrey Birnbaum: No, I do see a change. It will get larger, and much more active.
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“Lobbyists Get Lawyered Up”
CQ, in “Lobbyists Get Lawyered Up”, reports: “There’s been a huge increase in work in this area — really starting in the fall after S. 1 [the statute’s bill number] was signed into law and building ever since then,” said Joe Birkenstock, a political law attorney at Caplin & Drysdale. “It’s pretty much been nonstop.” […]
Transparency in Government Act of 2008
The Transparency in Government Act of 2008 provides for a number of reforms relating to the filing of FEC reports and the availability of other required filings under House and Senate rules and the LDA. The “draft legislation” is part of the Sunlight Founation’s efforts at “online collaboration” and has not been introduced in the […]