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Statement of Reform Groups on Lobbying Legislation Passed by Senate
March 29, 2006"The following statement was released today by the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters, Public Citizen and U.S. PIRG:
The United States Senate failed the American people today.
The Senate failed to pass effective lobbying and ethics reform legislation, and failed to address the biggest lobbying and ethics problems facing the Senate.
As Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff was being sentenced today in one of the criminal cases brought against him, a majority of Senators were choosing to ignore deep public concerns about the corruption and lobbying scandals in Washington that Abramoff symbolizes." [Read more]