Street Talk: Lobbying Is Still a Game Dominated by the Young

By T.R. Goldman
Roll Call Staff

Feb. 9, 2009, 12 a.m.

Tom Daschle pulled down a cool $2 million lobbying for Alston & Bird.
True, he didn’t technically “lobby” because he didn’t fit the Lobbying Disclosure Act’s exacting criteria. But let’s be real: Lobbying is any effort to influence public policy — it doesn’t matter whether you can avoid registration because you are paid tens of thousands of dollars to tell a client who to lobby and how, but make no more than one lobbying “contact” on the client’s behalf.

Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s 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