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Transition Team Limits Lobbyist Role

HeadlineNov 12, 2008

Meanwhile, the Obama transition team says it’s issued a set of regulations that will limit the role of lobbyists in the incoming administration. Under the new rules, lobbyists joining the transition won’t be allowed to work in the field in which they previously lobbied. And transition officials who go on to become lobbyists will not be allowed to lobby the Obama White House for at least one year.

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