On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obama team announces new rules on lobbyists > > WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Obama's aides are announcing new > rules to govern the conduct of lobbyists during the transition to > power, including steps to limit their involvement in areas where they > have sought to influence policy in the past year. > > According to John Podesta, a top transition aide, federal lobbyists > will be prohibited from any lobbying while they are at work on the > transition. > > Also, if anyone involved in the transition later becomes a lobbyist, > they would not be able to lobby the new administration for one year on > matters on which they worked for the president-elect. > > The rules also stipulate that federal lobbyists may not contribute > financially to the transition.
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