A trio of public interest groups has called on Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana to withdraw their request to an environmental advocacy group for documents connected to its lobbying, telling the lawmakers that they didn’t show enough “sensitivity to the First Amendment” in their demand.
The Natural Resources Defense Council and other members of the private sector shouldn’t receive government requests for internal papers on their advocacy unless no other options exist to get the documents, the American Civil Liberties Union, Alliance for Justice and Center for Competitive Politics wrote in a letter on Thursday to the members of Congress.
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