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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Feb 03, 2009 09:57am |
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| Category | General |
| News Date | Tuesday, February 3, 2009 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Barack Obama promised a "clean break from business as usual" in Washington. It hasn't quite worked out that way.
From the start, he made exceptions to his no-lobbyist rule. And now, embarrassing details about Cabinet-nominee Tom Daschle's tax problems and big paychecks from special interest groups are raising new questions about the reach and sweep of the new president's promised reforms.
Maybe he shouldn't have promised so much, some open-government advocates say. They're willing to cut him some slack — for now. |
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