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STRENGTHEN LOBBYING LAWS, BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS: Federal lobbying laws must be tightened to better regulate the type of governmental lobbying that occurs today, the American Bar Association wrote in a resolution released Wednesday morning.

The ABA recommends that Congress amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act to enact a two-year ban on lobbyists engaging in fundraising efforts for members of Congress they lobby, and narrow the lobbying reporting threshold from 20 percent of one's professional work to a "reasonable," but unspecified percentage.

The ABA also recommends that "lobbying support" activities that are not currently matters of public record - strategizing and polling, for example - be disclosed.

"These are common sense solutions to restore the faith of citizens in their elected officials by bringing the business of government out into the sunlight," saidTrevor Potter, a former John McCain legal adviser and Federal Election Commission commissioner who heads the Campaign Legal Center and served as co-chairman of the ABA's lobbying regulation task force.


Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC
1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 705
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 333-1880
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com
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