Agenda of House Administration Committee
by Amanda Adams*, 11/10/2006
BNA Money and Politics reports that lobbying and ethics reform could top the Democrats' agenda in the 110th Congress. The House Administration Committee, which will most likely be led by Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.), has worked on campaign finance and lobbying rules in the past and the Help America Vote Act in 2002.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said reviving this lobbying and ethics reform legislation will be a top priority under a Democratic-controlled Congress. Still unclear is whether and how a new Congress could get past the obstacles that bogged down lobbying and ethics legislation in the current Congress, such as whether to include provisions to rein in so-called Section 527 political organizations.
