"Measuring the amount of influence special interest groups have on the federal government has never been easy. But since 1995, with the passage of the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), good-government groups such as the Center for Responsive Politics have been given a tremendous tool to measure the role lobbying has on policymakers."
"Thanks to this legislation, we can create metrics to observe and report on lobbying trends. And since 1999, we have seen the lobbying industry grow from $1.44 billion to 2009’s $3.48 billion -- a trajectory that is still growing today!"
"Some people have likened being a federally registered lobbyist to being emblazoned with a "scarlet L." And certainly, under the Obama administration, the negative consequences and restrictions on lobbyists have increased. But how do we measure lobbyists getting out of the lobbying business?"What does it mean to deregister as a lobbyist? Can this be measured?
These are the questions that the Center for Responsive Politics seeks to answer in a new report about federal lobbyist “deregistration” trends.
Full Report (PDF) can be read here
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