The U.S. Treasury is seeking final approval for an Internet gambling regulation that banks say is unworkable, prompting a Democratic lawmaker to question the possible role of a former National Football League lobbyist who now works at the White House.
Representative Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, asked White House Counsel Fred Fielding today to detail what role Deputy Director of Public Liaison William Wichterman played in the Treasury Department’s decision to send the proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget for final review on Oct. 20.
Cohen, in letter to Fielding, said he had been told that Wichterman “has been a source of considerable political pressure to speed this regulation through.”