- Chronicle Philanthropy - The Politics of Giving: Employees of Big Nonprofit Groups Give Mostly to Democrats
Janet Marcotte, executive director of YWCA Tucson has contributed $4,600, the maximum amount allowed by law, to help Sen. Barack Obama become president. She also attended the Democratic National Convention as a volunteer and traveled to New Mexico to help drum up support for the Illinois senator.
- Bill Moyer Journal PBS - Can Washington Change?
Bill Moyers Journal notes the Sunlight Foundation's good work this past weekend in an discussion on the pervasive nature of money in politics with Public Citizen's Joan B. Claybrook and Common Cause's Bob Edgar.
- Clarion-Ledger - Miss. congressmen agreed often on financial services legislation
The financial meltdown threatening Americans' livelihoods has prompted finger-pointing by Republican and Democratic members of Congress over whom is to blame.
- Next Gov - Campaign advisers say CIO job should be a career position
Federal technology chiefs should be career civil servants, not political appointees, representatives of both presidential campaigns said during a forum at the Executive Leadership Conference in Williamsburg, Va., on Tuesday.
- Clarion Ledger - Earmarks key issue in race
In a Senate campaign with few differences on key issues, one stands out: Sen. Roger Wicker and his rival, former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, have opposing views when it comes to ways of obtaining federal money.
- National Journal Congress Daily - 527s Stuck In Port As Other Organizations Jump Into Fray
If 2004 was the year of the 527 advocacy organization, 2008 will not produce a sequel. Although this year's "Swift Boat" attacks didn't quite connect, that doesn't mean the money disappeared. It just found new outlets.
- Women Wear Daily - Palin's Fashion-Gate
At least someone is shopping: the Republicans and Sarah Palin.
- Wall Street Journal - EBay Founder's Philanthropic Firm to Donate More
The billionaire founder of eBay Inc., Pierre Omidyar, is expanding his philanthropic investment firm, as some of the biggest private foundations continue to weather the growing economic turmoil.
- Washington Times - Lawmakers in safe seats raise huge sums
If you believe the polls, plenty of lawmakers are in jeopardy of losing their seats on Election Day. But some of the biggest raisers of campaign cash are the members of Congress whose re-elections are considered a safe bet.
- Raleigh News & Observer - Column: Anti-Obama ads with Tar Heel ties
RALEIGH - It is virtually impossible to keep up with all the advocacy groups weighing in on this election, running ads for and against candidates for governor, president and Congress. The names of the groups in the database at the Federal Elections Commission read like a list of vague, focus-group words designed to say nothing.
- Capitol News Connection - Power Breakfast
Sunlight Foundation's Communication Director Gabriela Schneider runs downs a few surprises in the word of day according to Capitol Words with Capitol News Connection. The Power Breakfast segment aired this morning on WAMU 88.5 in DC
- The Providence Journal - Finance world big backer of Senator Reed
WASHINGTON –– Sen. Jack Reed, a key supporting player in this month’s launch of a $700-billion rescue of the financial system, has taken a large fraction of his multimillion-dollar reelection fund from people in banking, securities, real estate and insurance — the industries with the biggest direct stake in the historic federal intervention.
- Media General - Cantor’s Mortgage Background Figured into Bailout Bill
WASHINGTON-Rep. Eric I. Cantor's personal ties to the mortgage industry helped him play a leading role in this month's congressional debate over the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street.
- Roll Call - Heard on the Hill: This Campaign Supporter Doesn’t Sleep. He Waits.
The Tweet Goes On ... and On. More than three dozen tech-savvy Members are now regular users of Twitter, the popular micro-blogging network that allows users to send live, first-person updates on the most mundane of their daily happenings to friends and (for Members, anyway) supporters.
- Epochh Times - Challenge to Candidates: Support Greater Transparency
In an effort to make government more accountable, a Montreal-based organization is challenging candidates running in the federal election to take the “I Believe in Open” pledge.
- Current TV - Chris Walla DNC Blogs
Sunlight's Communication Director Gabriela Schneider gets a quick second with Chris Walla,from the Death Cab for Cutie, on Current TV during their coverage of DNC's Big Tent.
- Medill News Service - Bailout bill’s stealthy authorship potentially problematic
WASHINGTON – Throughout consideration of Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson’s original bailout plan, many congressmen chided regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve, for allowing certain sectors of the market to run amok with little oversight and insufficient public disclosure.