Lobbyists limited to written word in lobbying on stimulus
After the White House banned lobbying on the stimulus package through oral communication, lobbyists and others wrote to ask that as an affront to democratic procedures that the ban be lifted. -DB AL.com March 31, 2009 By Alan Fram WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Lobbyists and two public interest groups asked the White House Tuesday to rescind its ban on lobbyists discussing stimulus package projects with Obama administration officials, saying it violated free speech and would