If the early campaign-season barrage of negative advertising is any indicator, the 2012 election is going to be a decidedly... View Article
Continue readingAre independent attack ads more effective than candidate attack ads? New research says yes
So far, the 2012 election has been chock full of negative advertising, and most of it has come from innocuous... View Article
Continue readingLobby more, pay less in taxes
If you think you wound up paying too much in taxes this year, maybe you ought to hire a lobbyist.... View Article
Continue readingWays and Means, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce are top House fundraising committees
The analysis was conducted at the request of and in collaboration with This American Life and Planet Money public radio... View Article
Continue readingGoogle gets a DC insider to run its Washington office
Google “Susan Molinari” today and you’ll quickly learn that the search engine giant has hired the former Republican Congresswoman from... View Article
Continue readingAlmost 400 former House staffers registered to lobby in last two years
NOTE: It has been brought to our attention by LegisStorm that our list of staffers who became a lobbyist has... View Article
Continue readingSuper PACs: It’s going to get worse
Last week, in putting together five takeaway points from the initial round of super PAC data, my conclusion was “It’s... View Article
Continue readingTurnover in the House: Who keeps – and who loses – the most staff
House members depend on their staff to run their offices, to help them draft and pass legislation, and to advise... View Article
Continue readingThe presidential super PACs: five takeaways
Note: the analysis below is based on initial data pulled from the FEC’s website. As more complete data become available,... View Article
Continue readingHow SOPA and PIPA did and didn’t change how Washington lobbying works
The political scientist E.E. Schattschneider once called politics “the mobilization of bias.” By this, he meant something both simple and... View Article
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