Buzz Gets Louder For Tighter Reins On Lobbyists (washingtonpost.com)

Buzz Gets Louder For Tighter Reins On Lobbyists (washingtonpost.com): "Buzz Gets Louder For Tighter Reins On Lobbyists
Monday, April 18, 2005; Page E01
Douglas G. Pinkham isn't what you'd call a bomb thrower. He's president of the Public Affairs Council, a largely business-sponsored group that advises companies on how to deal with government.
Yet Pinkham is scathing the laws that regulate contact between outsiders and the federal government. Some of the rules 'are pretty slippery' and don't pass 'the laugh test,' he said. What's needed, he contended, is greater candor and clarity. "