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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Lessig Urges Dems To Shun Lobbyist, PAC Money

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has famously refused money from lobbyists and PACs and after he became the party's pick, the Democratic National Committee did the same. But the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee still accept money from those sources, Web activist Lawrence Lessig pointed out Thursday on his blog.

To that end, Change Congress -- a grassroots group he founded earlier this year -- has launched an effort to get Democrats to be consistent. Lessig argues that the DSCC and DCCC should follow Obama's lead and swear off lobbyists and PAC money -- or at the very least, both should promise to do so if the Republicans do. He has started an online petition addressed to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who chairs the DSCC.

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