Showing posts with label special interests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label special interests. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
President Obama again calls the Republicans out on their obstructionism, and preference for big business over the American people.
Obviously this is a very important vote that will assist Americans in identifying just WHO is spending millions of dollars to influence their vote. Now the only question is, will that be enough to keep the American voter from being bamboozled into casting votes that are ultimately against their best interests.
If history is any indication, it won't be.
You can read the transcript of this speech over at Daily Kos.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Hundreds of lobbyists removed from Federal Advisory Boards.
We wanted to take this opportunity to announce the next step in the President’s efforts to reduce the influence of special interests in Washington. The White House has informed executive agencies and departments that it is our aspiration that federally-registered lobbyists not be appointed to agency advisory boards and commissions. These appointees to boards and commissions, which are made by agencies and not the President, advise the federal government on a variety of policy areas. Keeping these advisory boards free of individuals who currently are registered federal lobbyists represents a dramatic change in the way business is done in Washington.
The President recognizes that some lobbyists advocate for public interest goals shared by this Administration. Nevertheless, the President made a commitment to the American people to reduce the influence of lobbyists in Washington out of a belief that lobbyists have too often in the past achieved disproportionate impact on government decision makers at the expense of broader voices from the public at large. If we are going to change the way business is done in Washington, we need to make sure we are not simply continuing the practices of the past.
This is HUGE!
Removing these lobbyists, including those that parrot the administrations position, is an incredibly important first step toward pulling the hands of big business off of the steering wheel of our government.
I know that Obama has not delivered on every single promise as of yet, but this is a clear indication that he fully intends to do as much as possible to accomplish that very thing.
So how do you like our president now?
Huffington Post has more here.
The President recognizes that some lobbyists advocate for public interest goals shared by this Administration. Nevertheless, the President made a commitment to the American people to reduce the influence of lobbyists in Washington out of a belief that lobbyists have too often in the past achieved disproportionate impact on government decision makers at the expense of broader voices from the public at large. If we are going to change the way business is done in Washington, we need to make sure we are not simply continuing the practices of the past.
This is HUGE!
Removing these lobbyists, including those that parrot the administrations position, is an incredibly important first step toward pulling the hands of big business off of the steering wheel of our government.
I know that Obama has not delivered on every single promise as of yet, but this is a clear indication that he fully intends to do as much as possible to accomplish that very thing.
So how do you like our president now?
Huffington Post has more here.
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