Obama’s K Street Ban
Despite Edict, His Lobbyist Fans Argue Their Help Is Inevitable
- By Kate Ackley
- Roll Call Staff
- May 23, 2007, Midnight
When he is on the stump, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) routinely blasts the K Street crowd. This week, in an opinion piece calling for lobbyist-bundled campaign money to be made public, Obama wrote about the “powerful special interests” that “run” Washington, D.C. And he has worked to keep his distance from those interests by refusing to accept campaign cash from federally registered lobbyists or political action committees.
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