New Congressional Database on Lobbying Contributions

Under a new reporting system required by last year's lobbying and ethics reform law, Lobbyists and the organizations they work for have "disclosed nearly 100,000 contributions and other payments linked to members of Congress and other top officials" according to a new BNA Report.  The 2007 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act requires campaign contributors to file new, semi-annual reports on their FEC-regulated contributions. 

Both the the House and Senate sites allow the researcher to retrieve records by contributor, payee, honoree, contribution type, amount and contribution date.  [RJ]