Obama’s kicking K Street to the curb
Obama’s kicking K Street to the curb
A new White House initiative, which will be phased in over the coming months, will (if all goes according to plan) kick over 13,000 lobbyists out of key positions on federal advisory panels. And K Street is none too happy about it. Lobbyists advise on matters relating to trade rules, troop levels, environmental regulations, and consumer protections—and the advisory panels are an unwieldy group of nearly 1,000 panels with total membership exceeding 60,000 people. Can the plan help to root out corruption and unfair influence inside the Beltway?
Guest:
Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause and a former US Congress member
- Patt Morrison for December 3, 2009
- Those pesky vanishing jobs: President’s summit tackles the jobless recovery
- The 10 X 20 push for new antibiotics to fight superbugs
- Supreme Court to hear anti-corruption law case
- Obama’s kicking K Street to the curb
- Higher education in California - how to bring back the golden gleam
- Can you get by without a checking or savings account? Many Americans do…..
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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