The real impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC is likely to be far less dire than first suggested by the media, pundits and even President Obama, reports Corporate Counsel magazine in an article that features Council president Doug Pinkham.

President Obama's campaign against Washington's so-called "special interests" has had "paradoxical results," the National Journal asserts in a special report that quotes Council President Doug Pinkham about how the president's rhetoric may be creating public relations problems for himself.

Target, Walmart, Feeding America and Edelman were the winners of this year’s “Grassroots Innovation Awards” – a recognition the Public Affairs Council gives to corporations and associations that demonstrate inventive ways to involve employees, customers and others in public policy issues.

The Federal Election Commission will soon be hard at work creating "clear" guidelines to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that loosens spending restrictions on corporations, associations and unions during federal elections, the commission's chairman told those assembled at the Council's National PAC Conference.

In response to a Supreme Court ruling that loosens spending restrictions on corporations, associations and unions in federal elections, congressional Democrats are preparing legislation that Republicans say would blunt the impact of the court's decision.

Americans of both parties overwhelmingly oppose a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that loosens spending restrictions on corporations, associations and unions in federal elections, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Despite President Obama's attempts to curtail the influence of lobbyists in Washington, recent lobbying expenses indicate the White House has "not materially weakened the lobbying profession," Public Affairs Council President Doug Pinkham told The Washington Post.

It is unclear whether Democrats in Congress are willing to corral support for new lobbying rules that President Obama proposed in his State of the Union speech, Roll Call reports.

The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United could lead to the creation of a new wave of single-issue political groups, including some formed by sitting lawmakers, Public Affairs Council President Doug Pinkham told the Washington Post.

Public Affairs Council Presiden tDoug Pinkham told the Wall Street Journal that he doesn't expect "a tidal wave of money coming from corporate America... Companies are not in the business of stirring up trouble."

Now that the Supreme Court has swept aside longstanding limits on corporate and union spending in federal elections, it's likely companies will move large amounts of money to trade associations and other tax-exempt groups, a former FEC chairman told those at the National Grassroots Conference.

With a Congress far less "D.C.-centric" than it once was, businesses must invest more than ever in grassroots efforts that highlight the concerns and issues of a lawmaker's constituents, former Rep. J.C. Watts told those assembled at the National Grassroots Conference.

In a ruling that dramatically changes core elements of existing campaign finance rules, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to loosen spending restrictions on corporations, associations and unions in federal elections.

The Federal Election Commission has concluded that a membership organization considering forming a political action committee does not have to hold a vote of its members on whether to start a PAC.