Proposal would bar federal employees from taking gifts from lobbyists, including free passes to ‘widely attended gatherings’ Associations are stepping up their campaign against an Obama administration proposal to limit federal employees’ access to trade shows, conferences and other events by lining up Democrats in Congress to press the issue. “We’re having our grassroots folks from around the country contact their Democratic members,” says Jim Clarke, senior vice president for public policy at ASAE, whose members represent more than 11,000 organizations. “Our main goal right now is to really have the Democrats understand this,” he said. Virginia representatives Jim Moran… Read More