Scores of lobbyists de-register
The Huffington Post reports:
Hordes of lobbyists have deregistered in the last two years after Congress enacted more onerous disclosure requirements and the Obama administration put in place a series of anti-lobbyist policies. But that doesn't mean there's been less lobbying.
In fact, we'll likely find out this week (when fourth-quarter reports are filed) that the influence industry beat its all-time record for lobbying revenue in 2009.
Huffington's story included this assessment by CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan:
"This is the consequence of the Obama administration demonizing lobbyists and so the result is more and more deregistration. It's an unsurprising reaction to the administration's efforts to make lobbying less and less palatable."
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