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Obama team defends lobbyist meetings -- and their location - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency
Obama team defends lobbyist meetings -- and their location - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency
The Obama administration is defending itself against talk that aides meet with lobbyists beyond the White House gates in order to avoid public disclosure....
Politico reported that White House aides have been meeting with lobbyists at a government-owned townhouse on Jackson Place, visits that do not generate the entry logs that are kept at the White House complex...
One unnamed lobbyist told Politico about the Jackson Place get-togethers: "Without question, I think that there's a lot of concern about being seen meeting with the same lobbyists or particular lobbyists over and over again."...
Will they start releasing names of off-campus meetings?
"I'm not aware, you know, what policies might be instituted in the future," Carney said....
"You can't have a policy for the front door of the White House and then sneak people in through a back door," said Common Cause president Bob Edgar. "We call on the administration to disclose all meetings with lobbyists, not just with those who come in the main entrance."