US Political Lobbyists' Twitter Accounts Available To The Public

Whether they’re tweeting about meeting with the political elite or eating breakfast on the subway, US political lobbyists are under careful scrutiny over what they post to Twitter.

The Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan organization dedicated to political transparency, has put together a list of Washington lobbyists who use Twitter in order to give the public access to the musings of these influential individuals.

In its blog announcing the new scrutiny over lobbyists’ tweets, The Sunlight Foundation explains that while lobbyists have been slower on the Twitter uptake than journalists or politicians, those who do tweet often “reveal insider tidbits about what they are monitoring, who they are influencing, and how Washington works, all in real-time.”

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