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We love our country. Skip Navigation. Key Points. Lobbying is protected by the First Amendment, but critics say it undermines democracy by tilting policy in favor of those with unlimited resources. Thurber says the Lobbying Disclosure Act does not capture massive marketing efforts undertaken by special interest groups and corporations, grassroots initiatives, survey research or even the publication of magazines by groups such as the American Association of Retired Persons AARP.
Industry executives, congressional aides and lobbyists say some companies and special interest groups have terminated the lobbyist status of people on their staffs in the wake of tighter ethics rules imposed by the Obama administration.
But it is difficult to get good data, since congressional offices do not keep a running count of terminations. Lee Mason, director of nonprofit speech rights at OMBWatch, said his own review of the congressional lobbyist database showed 1, terminations in the fourth quarter of , before Obama took office, but when it was already clear he planned to crack down on lobbying, 1, terminations in the first quarter of , and 1, terminations in the second quarter.
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