May 04, 2010
The Washington Post devoted a major article to telling readers that banking industry lobbyists, most of whom are unnamed, are not happy with the financial reform bills being debated in Congress. At one point it tells readers they describe aspects of the legislation as “Draconian,” “Crazy,” and “Insanely unproductive,” although it provides no information as to which lobbyists describe which components with these terms.
One unnamed lobbyist told readers that: “I think the worry is the stuff coming out of left field, the whack-job amendments,… It’s limited only to the imagination of the senators.” Again, it would have been helpful to have examples of what is considered a whack job amendment and by whom. It’s good to know that at least some industry lobbyists are at unhappy with at least some parts of these bills, but without some specific content, this article really is not giving readers much information.
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