Under the the 2007 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, corporations and their lobbyists are now required to report donations they make to lawmaker-supported charities and charities with a large number of lawmakers on their board.

We are now seeing the benefit of that disclosure. In a good story today, Roll Call details the names of corporate donors to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. The story is important because there is no limit on contributions to these charities and such donations could be used to garner corporate access to lawmakers.

Here's the story. (subscription required)

Two other interesting lobbying-related stories from the Associated Press:

Congress Risks Criticism Over Luxury Retreat Trips

GOP Seeking to End Ban On Some Donation Limits

                                                                                                                     --Bara Vaida