It's hard to believe given this year's headlines, but not all of the political action committees making an impact on this year's campaign are super PACs.
While most of the attention has focused on the entities that can accept and spend unlimited money, the Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama, a traditional political action committee that's abiding by federal limits on contributions and spending, got plenty of attention when it launched an ad blitz before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses that accused GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney of being a covert liberal.
Ryan Gill, the Campaign to ...
Continue readingThe News Without Transparency: Obama White House Releases Digital Staff Salary Report
A number of news outlets, including the National Journal and Reuters, reported on the White House’s release of its 2011... View Article
Continue readingSuper PAC profile: Obama supported by Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action defines its mission as "committed to the reelection of President Obama." The group is currently opposing Mitt Romney with media ad buys.
The following ad uses Romney quotes, mostly out of context, and the tone of an apocalyptic movie trailer to suggest that a Romney presidency that "is not a pretty picture."
The people behind Priorities USA Action are well connected to Obama and the Democratic party. The political strategist for the organization, Bill Burton, formerly served as the president's deputy White House press secretary. Before that, he was a spokesman for Obama's 2008 campagn ...
Continue readingBoehner’s 72 Hour Pledges, Condensed
Throughout the last year, we’ve repeatedly pointed out that Speaker Boehner repeatedly pledged to put all bills online for 72... View Article
Continue readingThe who’s who of top political donors
There are almost 27,000 people—or 1/100th of one percent of the United States population—who spent more than $10,000 to influence... View Article
Continue reading“Global Open Gov: What’s The Secret Sauce?”
Today’s guest blog is a three-part series from Matt Rosenberg. Matt is founder and editor of Public Data Ferret, a... View Article
Continue readingObama Administration May Take on Earmarks
While there’s currently a so-called “ban” on earmarks in the Congress, it’s widely reported that this earmark ban isn’t really... View Article
Continue readingMissing the Forest for the Trees?
It seems the Obama administration has decided the time has come to once again flex its ethics muscles. The Office... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Live to cover the hidden influence in Obama jobs address
This Thursday at 7 p.m. President Barack Obama is set to address Congress and the nation when he’ll unveil his latest plan to create jobs. Already, a preview of the speech shows proposals consistent with the positions of influential groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO. Both groups have spent millions to influence elections and policies. With that in mind, the Sunlight Foundation will cover the speech with live video, data and commentary at sunlightlive.com.
Some of the glimpses into Obama's plan were provided by the president himself during a Labor Day ...
Continue readingVoting Blindly on the Debt Limit Bill
As Byron York just pointed out, the debt limit bill is being urgently rushed through Congress, and Members of Congress... View Article
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