1.0 link 181232 <![CDATA[Lobbyists Fight Back: Accuse Obama Of Demonization, Suggest Lawsuit In The Offing]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/31/lobbyists-fight-back-accu_n_181232.html A strange bedfellows coalition of non-governmental organizations is pushing back hard against one of the Obama administration's most stringent ethics policies, declaring it counterproductive and possibly unconstitutional.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the American League of Lobbyists (ALL) hosted a conference call on Tuesday to persuade the president to reverse a rule that bars executive branch officials from having phone or face-to-face conversations with registered lobbyists on matters relating to...

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