The Hill on Lobbying Reform

The newspaper offers Earmarks: apply online, which begins: “The Internet has made it so easy for people to apply for earmarks and for lawmakers to review them that some lawmakers fear it will be even harder to slow their record-breaking growth. Constituents seeking their slice of the federal budget can use standardized forms much like college applications that can be returned by e-mail.” It also offers K Street keeps growing, which begins: “Lobbyists had a banner 2005, the year before simmering controversies involving Jack Abramoff and former Rep. Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham (R-Calif.) boiled over outside the Beltway and brought new pressures on Capitol Hill to keep lobbyists at arm’s length. Early returns on end-of-year revenues show strong growth all along Washington’s lobbying corridor.”

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