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Early Obama Loyalists Get No Special Entree

By Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff
June 17, 2009, Midnight

President Barack Obama benefited greatly from lobbyists’ support during the presidential campaign, but the same hasn’t been true for his K Street loyalists now that he’s in office.

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