People of influence; push is on in Congress to revamp lobbying disclosure laws

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Senator Carl Levin has introduced Senate bill 2279 to revamp lobbying disclosure laws. He seeks the registration of all career lobbyists. Levin's bill cites rules for various lobbying procedures and gives the Office of Government Ethics the power to administer these rules. According to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, one of the four acts which would be consolidated under the bill, anyone who becomes an 'agent of a foreign principal' must register with the US attorney general. International lawyers are afraid this would unduly burden them.

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Political advocacy under fire: Congress may curtail lobbying by groups that get federal money

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Congressional conference committees are considering House and Senate bills to bar recipients of federal grants from using other funds for lobbying any level of government. The House version, sponsored by Reps Jim Istook, David McIntosh, and Bob Erhlich and backed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is broader in both the groups affected and the activities prohibited. The Senate version, which borrows Sen Alan Simpson's language, targets sizable 501(c)(4) social welfare groups. The ABA could be affected.

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations, Nonprofit Institutions, United States, Political activity, Nonprofit organizations, Grants-in-aid

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In the looking glass; Congress launches intense self-examination effort

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The US Congress has responded to public dissatisfaction with legislators by creating the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. This will be a bipartisan body including both House and Senate members and will conduct hearings on eight areas of congressional procedure during early 1993. These eight areas include such topics as the budget process, cooperation between political parties and congressional ethics. The committee hopes to develop a bill by the summer of 1993.

Analysis, Management, United States. Congress, Law reform, Legal reform

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