House Judiciary Advances Foreign Lobby Overhaul

House Judiciary Advances Foreign Lobby Overhaul

January 17, 2018, Roll Call

Robert Kelner is quoted in a Roll Call article regarding steps taken by House Republicans to overhaul the nation’s foreign lobbying disclosure regulations. “DOJ’s career staff have long wanted the authority to investigate FARA violations more aggressively, and the Democratic-aligned government reform community has generally agreed,” says Kelner. “So it was a bit of a role reversal to see Judiciary Committee Democrats opposing enhanced FARA enforcement authority.”