Early Waiver of Obama Revolving Door Rule

The Obama administration's decision to waive its new lobbyist restrictions so former Raytheon lobbyist William J. Lynn could receive an appointment as Deputy Secretary of Defense is proving to be controversial. Washington Wire, an online component of the Wall Street Journal, has an item about the move:

Sen. John McCain, who lost to Obama in the November election, was less than happy with the waiver. “I am disappointed in President Obama’s decision to waive the ‘revolving door’ provisions of the executive order for Mr. Bill Lynn,” McCain said in a statement. “While I applaud the president’s action to implement new, more stringent ethical rules, I had hoped he would not find it necessary to waive them so soon.”

Another example was POGO, which was not happy, either.