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clipped from hotair.com When Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill, he issued an executive order banning lobbyist contact with government officials on Porkulus spending.  After criticism over the ban, Obama modified the order to demand immediate reporting of all lobbyist contacts with administration officials.  The Washington Post reports that only a handful of contacts have been revealed despite a massive increase in lobbying efforts, which doesn’t add up even in Obama math: President Obama ordered federal officials to disclose their contacts with lobbyists trying to influence how the government doles out money to jump-start the economy. Yet few such communications have been reported even though lobbyists say they are busier than ever with the multibillion-dollar stimulus. … If we want to reduce the influence of lobbyists in Washington DC, we have to spend less money and make their rewards more elusive.