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==Lobbyists==
==Lobbyists==
:President-elect Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s.
:President-elect Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>
''“Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists,” Senator Obama told a crowd in [[Green Bay]], Wi.''
''“Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists.”'' said Senator Obama.
''“I don’t take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, '''and when I am president, they won’t find a job in my White House.''' They will not fund my party, they will not run our White House, and they will not drown out the voice of the [[American]] people when I am president of the United States of America." (Sunlen Miller, "Obama Commends DNC For Cutting Lobbyist Contributions," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, 6/5/08)''
''“I don’t take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, '''and when I am president, they won’t find a job in my White House.''' They will not fund my party, they will not run our White House, and they will not drown out the voice of the [[American]] people when I am president of the United States of America." (Sunlen Miller, "Obama Commends DNC For Cutting Lobbyist Contributions," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, 6/5/08)''