Another Campaign Promise Broken By Obama

The White House dumped this information on lobbyists Friday night in the hopes that it would go unnoticed. The Hill reports

In a significant change, the Obama administration will now allow lobbyists to meet and have telephonic discussions with government officials regarding economic recovery projects.

The lifting of the ban comes after K Street has cried foul for months and has challenged the White House on its restrictions.

Now, the just-revised rules will allow government personnel to accept meetings and calls from federally registered lobbyists on the implementation of stimulus projects. The head of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag, issued a new guidance late Friday regarding the administration's communications with registered lobbyists about economic recovery funds.

You can understand why they would release this late on a Friday. After all this decision sounds a whole lot different from this speech



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