New policy ousts lobbyists as advisers
13,000 can no longer sit on estimated 1,000 advisory committees in D.C.
Posted: November 28, 2009 at 6:50 a.m.
A number of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb their influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts.
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