White House demands more information from K Street on lobbying registrations

[babylonsister]

White House demands more information from K Street on lobbying registrations
By Kevin Bogardus - 01/29/10 06:00 AM ET


The White House is looking to expand lobbying registration requirements to those who spend less than a fifth of their work time lobbying.

The Obama administration wants to close a “loophole” in the 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) that allows individuals to avoid registering as lobbyists if they spend less than 20 percent of their time lobbying.

Such a proposal could force Washington heavyweights, such as former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), to register as lobbyists.

The proposal was included in a fact sheet distributed Wednesday night to watchdog groups while President Barack Obama was finishing up his State of the Union address and goes beyond the new requirements the president outlined in his speech.

“It’s past time that the Lobbying Disclosure Act was updated to conform all lobbying to this practice,” the fact sheet says.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/78671-white-house-wants-more-information-from-k-street

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. YAY! for closing loopholes.

[quiet.american]

2. K&R - but note they use Tom Daschle as an example -- but whatever. nt

[babylonsister]

3. Yes, I did note that. But it's the hill, and they definitely write their

own pov, which is usually r/w, so I wasn't surprised.