Lobbying Reform
May 2006
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Federal Government
Pending Legislation
S.
2349, the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of
2006
S.
2128 Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2005
S.
2261 Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 (Introduced
in Senate)
S.
Res. 365 To provide a 60 vote point of order against out-of-scope
material in conference reports and open the process of earmarks
in the Senate.
S.
1398 Lobbying and Ethics Reform Act of 2005
H.R.
1642 Obligation of Funds Transparency Act of 2005
H.R.
4682 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006
H.R.
4975 Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
CRS Reports
Lobbying Disclosure
and Ethics Proposals Relted to Lobbying Introduced in the 109th
Congress: A Comparative Analysis (March 23, 2006) (via –
Federation of American Scientists)
Lobbying
Reform: Background and Legislative Proposals, 109th Congress
(via – Federation of American Scientists) (March 23, 2006)
Lobbying,
Ethics and Related Procedural Reforms: Comparison of Current Provisions
of S.2349 and H.R. 4975 (via – Federation of American
Scientists) (March 23, 2006)
Tax-Exempt
Organizations: Political Activity Restrictions and Disclosure Requirement
(via OMB Watch)
Congressional Hearings
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
Committee On Rules And Administration
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Opening
Statement - The Honorable Trent Lott
Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Statement
- The Honorable Christopher Dodd
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
WITNESS LIST
The
Honorable John McCain
The
Honorable Russell Feingold
The
Honorable Norm Coleman
The
Honorable Barack Obama
Dr.
James A. Thurber - Director and Distinguished Professor Center
for Congressional and Presidential Studies
Mr.
Fred Wertheimer - President, Democracy 21
The
Honorable Al Swift - Colling Murphy Swift Hynes, LLC
Mr.
Bob Hynes (Statement) - Colling Murphy Swift Hynes, LLC
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs
Earmark Reform: Understanding the Obligation of Funds Transparency
Act Date: 3/16/06
Member Statements
Senator
Tom Coburn
Witnesses Testimony
Panel 1
The Honorable
John McCain
The Honorable
Jeff Flake
Panel 2
Mr. Thomas
A. Schatz - President , Citizens Against Governmental Waste
Mr. Steve
Ellis Vice President of Programs , Taxpayers for Common Sense
Mr. Scott
Lilly, Senior Fellow , Center for American Progress
Committee on Rules
H.R.
4975 - Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 - Original
Jurisdiction Markup DATE:April 5, 2006
Lobbying
Reform: Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act
Lobbying
Reform: Reforming the Gift and Travel Rules (Date
March 9, 2006)
The
Honorable Mickey Edwards (R-OK)
Former Member of Congress (95th-102nd Congresses)
Director, Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership
&
Lecturer of Public & International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson
School, Princeton University
Robert
Bauer
Firmwide Chair, Political Law Practice Perkins Coie, LLP
Mr.
William Daroff
Vice President for Public Policy and Director of the Washington
Ofice
United Jewish Communities
Michael
G. Franc
Vice President, Government Relations
The Heritage Foundation
Robert
Hynes
Original Jurisdiction Hearing on "Lobbying Reform:
Accountability Through Transparency" DATE: March 2,
2006
Panel 1:
The
Honorable Karen Haas, Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Panel 2:
The
Honorable James Bacchus (D-FL), Former Member of Congress, Chairman
Global Trade Practic Group, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dr.
Thomas Mann, Ph.D., Senior Fellow Brookings Institution
Mr.
Paul Miller, President, American League of Lobbyists
Dr.
Norman Ornstein, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, American Enterprise
Institute
Dr.
James Thurber, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Government
and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies,
American University
Mr.
Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21
Non Government Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAAS R&D Funding
Update January 4, 2006 - R&D Earmarks in the FY 2006 Budget
American Enterprise Institute
House’s
Handling of Lobbying Reform Hits a New Low
By Norman J. Ornstein Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Campaign Legal Center
Side by Side – Comparison of Lobbying Reform Legislation
Cato Institute
Lobby Reform
or Regression CAPITOL HILL BRIEFING (March 21, 2006)
Watch the
Event in Real Video
Listen
to the Event in Real Audio (Audio Only)
Download
a Podcast of the Event (MP3)
Citizens Against Government Waste
All
About Pork: The Abuse of Earmarks and the Needed Reforms By:
Tom Finnigan
(May 3, 2006)
2006
Pig Book Summary
The Claremont Institute
“Eating
Up the Bread of Our Children,” John C. Eastman, February
7, 2006,
Heritage Foundation
A Primer
on Lobbyists, Earmarks, and Congressional Reform
by Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D. Backgrounder #1924 (April 27, 2006)
Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D., “Bait-and-Switch
on Alaska Bridges Undermine Congress’s Credibility—Again,”
Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 951, December 22, 2005, at
NBER and CEPR
Small
States, Big Pork
William R. Hauk, Jr. Washington University St Louis Romain Wacziarg.
Stanford University,
NBER and CEPR (November 2005)
OMBWatch
Senate
Lobbying Reform Legislation: Specific Provisions Relating to Nonprofits
Must
Pass Legislation Likely Targets for Anti-Advocacy Provisions
Panel on the NonProfit Sector
Congress
and the Nonprofit Sector a supplement to the final report to Strengthening
Transparency Governance Accountability of Charitable Organizations
(April 2006)
Congress
and the Nonprofit Sector a final report to Strengthening Transparency
Public Citizen
Proposed
Reforms Regarding the Disclosure and Regulation of Federal Lobbying
(summary)
Congressional
Revolving Doors: The Journey from Congress to K Street”
July 2005
Tax Payers for Common Sense
The Corrupting Power Of Earmarks Vol. XI No. 2 (January 20,
2006)
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