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Mar 26, 2007 -- Legal Center Sends Memo to House on the Constitutionality of New Lobbying Disclosure Proposal for Paid Communication Campaigns Later this spring, the House is expected to take up S. 1, the Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, legislation that will strengthen current lobby disclosure laws as well as change Senate ethics rules. The Senate-passed measure was much stronger than the bill passed in the 109th Congress and recognizes the benefit of providing citizens with the information they need to understand the amounts of money that are being spent by paid lobbyists to influence the outcome of public policy.
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