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WASHINGTON (February 28, 2007)—Under pressure from liberal special-interest groups with names like “Democracy 21,” “OMB Watch,” and “Public Citizen,” U.S. House Democratic leaders may soon push for enactment of legislation that could seriously impede the ability of issue-oriented groups—such as NRLC and NRLC-affiliated organizations—to communicate effectively with both the general public and with government officials. “These restrictive proposals are being advanced under cover of innocuous-sounding labels such as ‘ethics reform’ and ‘lobbying reform,’ but they are really aimed at making policymakers less accountable to ordinary citizens and grassroots-based citizen groups,” said NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson. “The groups pushing for...

Illegal Immigration: The population of Mexico is growing fast — too fast for its sluggish economy to sop up all the new workers entering the labor force. Not surprisingly, many want to come to the U.S. Of the 12 million people who have come to the U.S. illegally, most are from Mexico. Don't expect that number to shrink soon. New and alarming data gathered by the Pew Hispanic Center suggest it's likely to grow. A Pew poll of Mexican citizens found 46% would like to live in the U.S. — now. A fifth of them say they'd do so illegally....