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RT @OpenSecretsDC: CRP & OMB Watch Study Concludes Lobbyists Terminating Federal Registrations at Accelerated Rate: http://bit.ly/4iHfpP 27 days ago |
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Lobbyists ending Fed registration changing titles not roles: http://tinyurl.com/ydatprr 27 days ago |
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CRP and OMB Watch Study Concludes Lobbyists Terminating Their Federal Registrations at Accelerated Rate: http://bit.ly/4iHfpP 27 days ago |
Lobbyists Quit in Record Numbers
WSJ.com: Washington Wire —
... About 1,400 lobbyists, or 8% of the industry, left in the three-month period ending June 30, according to a joint study of lobbying records by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and OMB Watch. Typically, a few hundred lobbyists leave the business every quarter. ...
Lobbyists Quitting
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A record number of lobbyists in Washington, D.C. have left the business this year, according to a new study released today.
In the months after President Obama issued an executive order creating new restrictions on former lobbyists, about 1,400 of them -- or 8% of the industry -- left during the second quarter of 2009. Typically, only a few hundred lobbyists leave the business every quarter.
Study: Lobbyists are quitting at record pace
News —
... Over 1,400 lobbyists "deregistered" with Congress in the second quarter of 2009, according to a study conducted jointly by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) and OMB Watch. ...
Lobbyists Quit in Record Numbers
The Political Carnival —
... About 1,400 lobbyists, or 8% of the industry, left in the three-month period ending June 30, according to a joint study of lobbying records by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and OMB Watch. [...] ...
A couple of interesting, albeit perhaps unrelated, stories.
Blah3 Feed —
I read a couple of interesting stories this morning, and while they may not bear any relationship to one another it's interesting to me that they both appear on the same day. First, Taegan Goddard noted this morning that a a time-honored money maker in DC seems to be drying up. Lobbyists this year began terminating their formal registrations with the federal government at significantly higher levels than usual, a joint study by OMB Watch and the Center for Responsive Politics has found. The OMB Watch-CRP study found 1,418 ...
ThinkFast: November 3, 2009
Think Progress —
... A “record number of lobbyists have quit the business this year,” according to a new study by the Center for Responsive Politics and OMB Watch. “ ...
"Lobbyists Terminating Their Federal Registrations at Accelerated Rate"
Election Law —
"Lobbyists Terminating Their Federal Registrations at Accelerated Rate" Capital Eye reports . More from BNA . Posted by Rick Hasen at November 3, 2009 07:36 AM
ThinkFast: November 3, 2009
The Hollywood Liberal —
... of aid to unemployment benefits, extending them through Thanksgiving and Christmas. A “record number of lobbyists have quit the business this year,” according to a new study by the Center for Responsive Politics and OMB Watch. “ ...
Lobbyists Dodge Regulations Through Reinvention
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As OMB Watch and CRP note, many lobbyists who appear to have left have come back as unregistered lobbyists with executive titles like "senior adviser" or "consultant" to avoid having to comply with federal lobbying restrictions. One lobbyist I contacted confirmed this trend in an e-mail today: ...
