Forming alliances and speaking publicly, trade associations, nonprofits and lobbying firms are battling over the Obama administration’s restrictions barring government officials from meeting in-person or speaking by phone with registered lobbyists on issues related to stimulus funds. Leading the fight to ease the restrictions is the American League of Lobbyists, teaming with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Dave Wenhold, president of ALL and co-founder of the lobbying firm Miller/Wenhold Capitol Strategies, spoke at a May 5 panel discussion—Special Interests and Public Policy: The Right to Petition and… Read More