Senate Does Right by Grass-roots Lobbyists
Special to Roll Call
Roll Call praises the Senates recent work on ethics and lobbying reform with one exception (Editorial, So Far, So Good, Jan. 24). It characterizes as a major deficiency in the bill the exclusion of a provision to require disclosure of astroturf lobbying the generation of mass communications to Members from special interests often joined together in coalitions euphemistically named to conceal their true aims.
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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, Its as useless as tits on a bull. But as that panels chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article










