Chris Van Hollen, the House Democrat’s campaign chief, recently stated that the upcoming ethics trials of Reps. Charlie Rangel and... View Article
Continue readingPoligrafting the news: Exotic Deals Put Denver Schools Deeper in Debt
The New York Times has an excellent piece detailing the complicated financial deal that the Denver Board of Education entered... View Article
Continue readingHead of PMA Group Indicted
Paul Magliocchetti, the former head of the now-defunct lobby shop, PMA Group, was indicted on charges that he “made hundreds... View Article
Continue readingDon’t dump the Office of Congressional Ethics
So says the New York Times. The independent ethics office created in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of... View Article
Continue readingElection Analysis: Following the money in 1994, 2006 and 2010
I’ve a got a piece up over at the Sunlight Reporting Group site that analyzes campaign contributions from the previous... View Article
Continue readingEthics run-down
1) Federal charges against Rep. Don Young have been dropped after four years of investigation. The FBI had been investigating... View Article
Continue readingFollow the Money: What kind of wave will 2010 bring ashore?
Opinion polls and prognosticators alike suggest that Republicans are poised to make a major comeback in this year’s midterm elections. The comparison du jour is the 1994 “wave” that swept 54 Democrats in the House of Representatives out of office and the Republicans into power for the first time since 1956. A more accurate comparison, based on a Sunlight Foundation analysis of campaign finance disclosure information, would be the 2006 elections when Democrats won 31 seats and a bare majority in the House.
Continue readingWhen transparency attacks
It’s always curious what lawmakers think they can get away with. Especially when the very thing they are trying to... View Article
Continue readingMitch McConnell: DISCLOSE Act Hypocrite
The Lexington Herald Ledger nails Sen. Mitch McConnell down on his hypocrisy in regards to transparency for organizations trying to... View Article
Continue readingWaters to face ethics trial
Late last week the House Ethics Committee revealed that another senior Democrat would face ethics charges. Rep. Maxine Waters, after... View Article
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