Craig Holman, Ph.D., serves as Public Citizen’s Capitol Hill lobbyist on ethics, lobbying and campaign finance rules. Craig is an expert on campaign finance reform, governmental ethics, lobbying practices and the impact of money in politics. Previously, Craig was senior policy analyst at the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law. Craig worked closely with reform organizations and the Democratic congressional caucus of the 110th Congress in drafting and promoting the \u201cHonest Leadership and Open Government Act,\u201d the new federal lobbying and ethics reform legislation signed into law on Sept. 14, 2007. As a consequence of this legislation, Craig is also working with European nongovernmental organizations and members of the European Commission and Parliament in developing a lobbyist registration system for the European Union.<\/p>\n
Craig has assisted in drafting campaign finance reform legislation, including pay-to-play legislation, and has conducted numerous research projects on the initiative process and the impact of money in politics. He has been called upon to assist as a researcher and\/or expert witness defending in court the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) as well as the campaign finance reform laws of Alaska, Arkansas, California and Colorado. He has authored and co-authored several studies on campaign finance and the initiative process, including four major works entitled BUYING TIME 2000: TELEVISION ADVERTISING IN THE 2000 FEDERAL ELECTIONS (2001); THE PRICE OF JUSTICE: A CASE STUDY IN JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FINANCING (1995); TO GOVERN OURSELVES: BALLOT INITIATIVES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA (1992), and DEMOCRACY BY INITIATIVE (1992). Some of his other publications include: \u201cLobbying Reform in the United States and the European Union: Progress on Two Continents,\u201d in Conor McGrath, ed., INTEREST GROUPS AND LOBBYING (2009); \u201cThe Structure and Organization of Congress and the Practice of Lobbying,\u201d in Thomas Susman and William Luneburg, eds., THE LOBBYING MANUAL: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO FEDERAL LAW GOVERNING LAWYERS AND LOBBYISTS, FOURTH EDITION (2008); \u201cClose the 527 Loophole\u201d in Matt Kerbel, ed., GET THIS PARTY STARTED: HOW PROGRESSIVES CAN FIGHT BACK AND WIN (2006); \u201cThe Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Limits and Opportunities for Non-Profit Groups in Federal Elections,\u201d Northern Kentucky Law Review (2004); \u201cThe Nuts and Bolts of Public Financing of State Candidate Campaigns,\u201d National Civic Review (2003); and THE NEW POLITICS OF JUDICIAL ELECTIONS (2002).<\/p>\n
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\nCraig has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Pacifica Radio and NPR, and has been quoted in publications such as\u00a0The National Journal, USA Today, Roll Call, Congressional Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0and The Associated Press.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"featured_media":3634,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3668","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","person_type-expert","person_type-staff"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n