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Lobbyists slipping into Obama administration
By Kevin Bogardus
Posted: 03/05/09 05:33 PM [ET]
Several former lobbyists are scattered throughout the Obama administration, despite the president’s efforts to slow the revolving door.
A review by The Hill of staff announcements for the White House and other departments in the administration found about two dozen people who have registered to lobby in the past, some as late as last year, according to lobbying disclosure records.
On his first day in office, President Obama issued an executive order that said political appointees could not participate in any issue area or work in any agency they had lobbied on in the past two years. It also forbade officials leaving the administration from lobbying the executive branch during the remainder of his time in office.
“During the campaign, then-Sen. Obama put forth the toughest ethics and lobbying reform policy in history, and now he is acting on that pledge to reduce the influence of lobbyists and special interests in Washington,” said Tommy Vietor, a White House spokesman.
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/lobbyists-slipping-into-obama-administration-2009-03-05.html