Last night, we published a list of more than 40 ex-lobbyists now working in the Obama administration — the most comprehensive such list ever compiled.
There are more lobbyists Obama has chosen for administration posts, but who haven’t yet been confirmed by the Senate, including one, Jeffrey Lane, nominated this week. Below are two that I know of.
>> Isi Siddiqui, nominated as the top agricultural official at the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, has had his nomination held up. He was a top lobbyist for CropLife America, a Beltway lobby for the pesticide/herbicide industry.
>>Jeffrey Lane was nominated this week as an assistant secretary of Energy. At the lobbying firm Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Lane lobbied on behalf of The Cheesecake Factory, The Limited Stores, RF Micro Devices, the Specialty Tobacco Council, and schools and municipalities in North Carolina.
