Two months after President Barack Obama criticized the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, White House ethics cop Norman Eisen describes efforts to blunt that ruling as a top priority.
In his State of the Union speech, Obama also called for more restrictions on “the outsized influence of lobbyists.” Besides legislation to reinstate certain restrictions on corporate campaign efforts undone by Citizens United, he mentioned stepped-up disclosure requirements and limits on lobbyists’ political contributions. Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform and a former partner at Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, is the administration’s point man on anti-lobbying measures.
