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Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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The House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities, led by Rep. Frank Buchanan, issued an interim report criticizing Congress members for allowing lobby groups to misuse their postage franks and targeting secretive organizations like the Committee for Constitutional Government, American Medical Association, and National Association of Real Estate Boards.
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WASHINGTON—Let the lobbyists keep on lobbying—but bring them out into the open.
That was the gist of the Interim Report of the House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities, headed by Rep. Frank Buchanan (D-Pa). The report blasted members of Congress who permit indiscriminate use of their postage "franks" by lobby groups.
Also roasted: the Committee for Constitutional Government whose head refused to identify his rich corporate backers, the American Medical Association and the National Association of Real Estate Boards.
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The House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities, headed by Rep. Frank Buchanan, released an interim report advocating for open lobbying while criticizing Congress members for permitting lobby groups to misuse their postage franks and condemning the Committee for Constitutional Government for refusing to disclose corporate backers, along with the American Medical Association and National Association of Real Estate Boards.