Obama’s Coffee-House Loophole for Lobbyists
30th June 2010
Watchdog groups and Republicans on Capitol Hill want an investigation into hundreds of White House meetings with corporate lobbyists at D.C. coffee houses. K Street influence peddlers told the New York Times last week that they’ve met routinely with Team Obama officials over the past 18 months to discuss policy matters — at Starbucks, Caribou Coffee, even on a side lawn — with the express purpose of circumventing the public’s right to know.
June 30th, 2010 at 10:48
Well, SOMEBODY’S gotta pay for those lattes.