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The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 is a statute enacted by the United States Congress to reduce the influence of lobbyists. The primary purpose of the Act was to provide information to members of Congress about those that lobby them. [1] The 1946 Act was replaced by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. [2]
Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] The incumbent president is Donald Trump, who assumed office on January 20, 2025.
Lane, Edgar. 1949. "Statutory Regulation of Lobbying in the United States, with Special Reference to the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946." Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan. Lane, Edgar. 1950. "Some Lessons from Past Congressional Investigations of Lobbying." The Public Opinion Quarterly 14, no. 1: 14 - 32. Lane, Edgar ...
In 1946, there was a so-called "sunshine law" requiring lobbyists to disclose what they were doing, on whose behalf, and how much they received in payment. [11] [139] The resulting Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 governed lobbying rules up until 1995 when the Lobbying Disclosure Act replaced it. [11]
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Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996; Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990; Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006; Federal Records Act; Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946; Federal Reports Act; Flag Acts; FOIA Exemption 3 Statutes; Former Presidents Act ...
The executive branch of the government also lobbies Congress (the federal government's legislative branch) to influence the passing of treaties. As an example, in 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lobbied Congress in an attempt to "save one of President Obama’s few foreign policy victories: an arms-control treaty with Russia".