I noted that Larry Ottinger, president of the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest and Stephen Rickard, Washington director of the Open Society Institute, have formed a loose coalition to push the White House to amend its ethics rules to delineate between lobbyists who are public interest advocates and those who pursue private monetary gain.

Here's the letter sent to the White House on April 9.

A spokesman from the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest says his group has yet to receive an answer from the administration. We'll update the story as we learn more. I'm sure this won't be the end of the debate about whether Obama's ethics rules are too broad.

                                                                                                 --Bara Vaida