UFO Lobbyist seeks to bring extra-terrestrial issues to the forefront of Congress’s legislative schedule.

How sweet it is: honey lobbyists ask the FDA for national purity standards as a method of trade protection.  (Washington Post)

Publicly-financed elections come to the fore-front. The Washington Post reports on Common Cause  and Public Campaign’s effect to pass the Fair Elections Now Act.

People seem to be endlessly fascinated by the fact that Facebook has a DC lobbying presence. Maybe it’s because they’re spending all day on Farmville? (The Hill, subscription required).

DISCLOSE Soldiers On. The Democrats are hopeful that they’ll get their pet campaign finance issue through the Senate within a reasonable time-frame. (Roll Call, subscription required).

Lobbyists take advantage of World Cup fever by lobbying for the world’s biggest sporting event to be held in the US in 2022. (The Hill, subscription required).

LD-2 filings are due in less than two weeks. Are you prepared? And it’s July, meaning a double-whammy of filing: LD-203 Forms are due on July 30.

Quote of the week:

“Lobby disclosure enforcement is notoriously lax.” – Meredith McGehee, Campaign Legal Center, Politico, July 4.