What we have now is not what they envisioned, nor the "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" that President Lincoln called for in the Gettysburg Address. With the stakes as high as they are, you would think that some common sense would prevail in Washington.

What is HLOGA's aim? How does it affect advocacy? These questions seem to resonate more by the day.

The House unanimously passed a bill this week to create a task force within the Justice Department to crack down on lobbyists who flake on disclosure ...

Before the new rules, the number of advocates who registered as lobbyists appeared to have grown steadily, peaking in late 2007. A tally by the nonpar...

When lobbying happens, and it is the daily grist of the government mill, the press and public are left in the dark, until if ever something leaks. The president has the power to fix this.