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True Washington Intrigue

by Ellen Miller Apr 20, 2009 8:39 am

Late last evening, CQ Politics’ Jeff Stein added a big dose of oxygen to a barely smoldering scandal that many... View Article

Taking the Capitol Words Rabbit Hole: “Caribbean”

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 17, 2009 4:01 pm

According to Carl Malamud, Sunlight is “truly styling” due to our appearance in the Reliable Source in an article about... View Article

Reaching for the Probity of Brick

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 17, 2009 3:17 pm

Leon Wieseltier, writing about the lightness of transparency in our age, compares transparency with the visual trick of actual physical... View Article

Weekly Media Roundup – April 17, 2009

by Mike Smith Apr 17, 2009 12:47 pm

Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article

Dodd Story Reveals Failure of Senate on Electronic Filing

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 17, 2009 12:13 pm

This excellent Mother Jones article on Sen. Chris Dodd’s panfinancial pay-to-play party contains a hidden problem that we have focused... View Article

Decline in Campaign Fund Fortunes for PMA Linked Trio

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 17, 2009 11:30 am

Three lawmakers closely linked to the PMA Group lobbying and earmarks investigation have seen their collective campaign fundraising drop by... View Article

13th Annual Webbys

by Ellen Miller Apr 17, 2009 9:00 am

On Tuesday, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 13th annual the Webby Awards,... View Article

Hill: No campaign cash for Visclosky from former PMA Group clients

by Bill Allison

investigations

Apr 16, 2009 9:12 pm

On April 3rd, we noted that Rep. Pete Visclosky, one of the most prolific recipients of campaign cash from and earmarker of federal dollars to PMA Group clients, had requested no earmarks--not a single one--for former clients of the firm for fiscal year FY 2010. Oddly enough, employees and PACs of former PMA Group clients donated nothing to Visclosky's reelection campaign in the first quarter of 2009, according to Roxana Tiron of the Hill.

Let's see...could there be a connection?

Yesterday, Glenn Reynolds linked a Hill story noting that for Rep. John Murtha, it was "business as ...