Lobbyists have a renewed plea to leaders in Congress: Let us roam the Capitol complex.
After two years of pandemic- and insurrection-related security restrictions, some lobbyists are putting their advocacy skills toward an effort to reopen the legislative buildings widely to tour groups and lobbying coalitions.
The National Institute for Lobbying and Ethics, which represents lobbyists, is putting together a letter to House and Senate letters to be delivered Wednesday, said the group’s founder, Paul Miller. He declined to say how many lobbyists or lobbying groups had signed but said: “It’s a good number.”