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peddling is on the wane! Hooray
for good government!
Alas, this is not the case, for
if you click on that link above,
you’ll be taken to the executive
summary of the recent report
from the Center for Responsive
Politics (CRP), which — while
noting that “the lackluster economy” and “a gridlocked Congress” play a role in the decline
— makes the case that these
seeming declines are actually attributable to rule changes that
essentially allow lobbyists to hide
in plain sight as “not-lobbyists.”
“The decline in lobbying activity is not a decline at all,” states
the report, “but rather the side
effect of lobbyists and lobbying
firms taking advantage of a feature
of the law which allows them to
continue influencing policy from
‘behind the scenes.’”
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