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<h2>
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<blockquote>
<p>
“I
am
in
this
race
to
tell
the
corporate
lobbyists
that
their
days
of
setting
the
agenda
in
Washington
are
over.
I
have
done
more
than
any
other
candidate
in
this
race
to
take
on
lobbyists
—
and
won.
They
have
not
funded
my
campaign,
they
will
not
run
my
White
House,
and
they
will
not
drown
out
the
voices
of
the
American
people
when
I
am
president.”
</p>
<p>
<cite>
—
Barack
Obama,
Speech
in
Des
Moines,
IA,
November
10,
2007
</cite>
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Lobbyists
Write
National
Policies:
</strong>
For
example,
Vice
President
Dick
Cheney's
Energy
Task
Force
of
oil
and
gas
lobbyists
met
secretly
to
develop
national
energy
policy.
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<p>
<strong>
Secrecy
Dominates
Government
Actions:
</strong>
The
Bush
administration
has
ignored
public
disclosure
rules
and
has
invoked
a
legal
tool
known
as
the
"state
secrets"
privilege
more
than
any
other
previous
administration
to
get
cases
thrown
out
of
civil
court.
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Spending
is
Out
of
Control:
</strong>
The
current
administration
has
abused
its
power
by
handing
out
contracts
without
competition
to
its
politically
connected
friends
and
supporters.
These
abuses
cost
taxpayers
billions
of
dollars
each
year.
</p>
<h3>
Barack
Obama's
Plan
</h3>
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</a>
<h4>
Shine
the
Light
on
Washington
Lobbying
</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>
Centralize
Ethics
and
Lobbying
Information
for
Voters:
</strong>
Obama
will
create
a
centralized
Internet
database
of
lobbying
reports,
ethics
records,
and
campaign
finance
filings
in
a
searchable,
sortable
and
downloadable
format.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Require
Independent
Monitoring
of
Lobbying
Laws
and
Ethics
Rules:
</strong>
Obama
will
use
the
power
of
the
presidency
to
fight
for
an
independent
watchdog
agency
to
oversee
the
investigation
of
congressional
ethics
violations
so
that
the
public
can
be
assured
that
ethics
complaints
will
be
investigated.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Support Campaign Finance Reform:
</strong>
Obama supports public financing of campaigns combined with free television and radio time as a way to reduce the influence of moneyed special interests. Obama introduced public financing legislation in the Illinois State Senate, and is the only 2008 candidate to have sponsored Senator Russ Feingold's (D-WI) tough bill to reform the presidential public financing system.
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</a>
<h4>
Shine
the
Light
on
Federal
Contracts,
Tax
Breaks
and
Earmarks
</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>
Create
a
Public
“Contracts
and
Influence”
Database:
</strong>
As
president,
Obama
will
create
a
"contracts
and
influence"
database
that
will
disclose
how
much
federal
contractors
spend
on
lobbying,
and
what
contracts
they
are
getting
and
how
well
they
complete
them.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Expose
Special
Interest
Tax
Breaks
to
Public
Scrutiny:
</strong>
Barack
Obama
will
ensure
that
any
tax
breaks
for
corporate
recipients
—
or
tax
earmarks
—
are
also
publicly
available
on
the
Internet
in
an
easily
searchable
format.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
End
Abuse
of
No-Bid
Contracts:
</strong>
Barack
Obama
will
end
abuse
of
no-bid
contracts
by
requiring
that
nearly
all
contract
orders
over
$25,000
be
competitively
awarded.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Sunlight
Before
Signing:
</strong>
Too
often
bills
are
rushed
through
Congress
and
to
the
president
before
the
public
has
the
opportunity
to
review
them.
As
president,
Obama
will
not
sign
any
non-emergency
bill
without
giving
the
American
public
an
opportunity
to
review
and
comment
on
the
White
House
website
for
five
days.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Shine
Light
on
Earmarks
and
Pork
Barrel
Spending:
</strong>
Obama's
Transparency
and
Integrity
in
Earmarks
Act
will
shed
light
on
all
earmarks
by
disclosing
the
name
of
the
legislator
who
asked
for
each
earmark,
along
with
a
written
justification,
72
hours
before
they
can
be
approved
by
the
full
Senate.
</li>
</ul>
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</a>
<h4>
Bring
Americans
Back
into
their
Government
</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>
Hold
21st
Century
Fireside
Chats:
</strong>
Obama
will
bring
democracy
and
policy
directly
to
the
people
by
requiring
his
Cabinet
officials
to
have
periodic
national
broadband
townhall
meetings
to
discuss
issues
before
their
agencies.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Make
White
House
Communications
Public:
</strong>
Obama
will
amend
executive
orders
to
ensure
that
communications
about
regulatory
policymaking
between
persons
outside
government
and
all
White
House
staff
are
disclosed
to
the
public.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Conduct
Regulatory
Agency
Business
in
Public:
</strong>
Obama
will
require
his
appointees
who
lead
the
executive
branch
departments
and
rulemaking
agencies
to
conduct
the
significant
business
of
the
agency
in
public,
so
that
any
citizen
can
see
in
person
or
watch
on
the
Internet
these
debates.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Release
Presidential
Records:
</strong>
Obama
will
nullify
the
Bush
attempts
to
make
the
timely
release
of
presidential
records
more
difficult.
</li>
</ul>
<a name="free-executive">
</a>
<h4>
Free
the
Executive
Branch
from
Special
Interest
Influence
</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>
Close
the
Revolving
Door
on
Former
and
Future
Employers:
</strong>
No
political
appointees
in
an
Obama
administration
will
be
permitted
to
work
on
regulations
or
contracts
directly
and
substantially
related
to
their
prior
employer
for
two
years.
And
no
political
appointee
will
be
able
to
lobby
the
executive
branch
after
leaving
government
service
during
the
remainder
of
the
administration.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Free
Career
Officials
from
the
Influence
of
Politics:
</strong>
Obama
will
issue
an
executive
order
asking
all
new
hires
at
the
agencies
to
sign
a
form
affirming
that
no
political
appointee
offered
them
the
job
solely
on
the
basis
of
political
affiliation
or
contribution.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Reform
the
Political
Appointee
Process:
</strong>
FEMA
Director
Michael
Brown
was
not
qualified
to
head
the
agency,
and
the
result
was
a
disaster
for
the
people
of
the
Gulf
Coast.
But
in
an
Obama
administration,
every
official
will
have
to
rise
to
the
standard
of
proven
excellence
in
the
agency's
mission.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>
Barack
Obama's
Record:
</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>
Federal
Ethics
Reform:
</strong>
Obama
and
Senator
Feingold
(D-WI)
took
on
both
parties
and
proposed
ethics
legislation
that
was
described
as
the
"gold
standard"
for
reform.
It
was
because
of
their
leadership
that
ending
subsidized
corporate
jet
travel,
mandating
disclosure
of
lobbyists'
bundling
of
contributions,
and
enacting
strong
new
restrictions
of
lobbyist-sponsored
trips
became
part
of
the
final
ethics
bill
that
was
signed
into
law.
The
Washington
Post
wrote
in
an
editorial,
"The
final
package
is
the
strongest
ethics
legislation
to
emerge
from
Congress
yet."
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Google
for
Government:
</strong>
Americans
have
the
right
to
know
how
their
tax
dollars
are
spent,
but
that
information
has
been
hidden
from
public
view
for
too
long.
That's
why
Barack
Obama
and
Senator
Tom
Coburn
(R-OK)
passed
a
law
to
create
a
Google-like
search
engine
to
allow
regular
people
to
approximately
track
federal
grants,
contracts,
earmarks,
and
loans
online.
The
Chicago
Sun-Times
wrote,
"It
would
enable
the
public
to
see
where
federal
money
goes
and
how
it
is
spent.
It's
a
brilliant
idea."
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Illinois
Reform:
</strong>
In
1998,
Obama
joined
forces
with
former
U.S.
Sen.
Paul
Simon
(D-IL)
to
pass
the
toughest
campaign
finance
law
in
Illinois
history.
The
legislation
banned
the
personal
use
of
campaign
money
by
Illinois
legislators
and
banned
most
gifts
from
lobbyists.
Before
the
law
was
passed,
one
organization
ranked
Illinois
worst
among
50
states
for
its
campaign
finance
regulations.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
A
High
Standard:
</strong>
Unlike
other
candidates
Obama's
campaign
refuses
to
accept
contributions
from
Washington
lobbyists
and
political
action
committees.
</li>
<h4>
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about
Barack's
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