Senate Bill Ignores 'Astroturf' Lobbying

Last week the U.S. Senate passed a lobby reform bill and even Senator John McCain (R-AZ) -- a champion of cleaning up Capitol Hill -- voted against a provision that would have required grassroots lobbyists to disclose their fees. This raised a few eyebrows, because the same provision sailed through the Senate less than a year ago. Full Story »

Posted by Leo Romero
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Subjects: Politics
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Member Tags: grassroots lobbyists, focus on the family
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Jan 25, 2007 - 9:10 AM PST
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jan 25, 2007 - 11:08 AM PST

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Dale Penn
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by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

This report offers quick insight into the issue of grassroots lobbying and the players. This is likely to become a point of reference for future reports to expand upon as the issue goes to the house.

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Leo Romero
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by Leo Romero - Oct. 1, 2008

A well-sourced and fair treatment around the dropped provision.

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Jami Dwyer
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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Excellent discussion of why reform is needed, not much discussion of what improvements might make a better bill succeed.

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