Three makes a trend, right? Today, there are three news stories on presidential bundlers – campaign contributors who solicit money... View Article
Continue readingPass S. 223
Today, the Sunlight Foundation launched a new web site, Pass223.com, to harness the distributed power of the Internet to pressure... View Article
Continue readingTapping “Black Gold” Campaign Cash
Despite protestations from our favorite tweeting and qiking member of Congress, there does appear to be a relationship between supporting... View Article
Continue readingTwitter and Qik Cover Pro-Oil Drilling Protest in House
Ben Pershing at the Washington Post writes, “If a party stages a protest on the House floor but no one... View Article
Continue readingFreddie Mac Discontinues Party
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac, a recent recipient of a federal bailout, will not throw a party during the Democratic nominatin... View Article
Continue readingOne More Thing on Stevens
Sen. Ted Stevens released a statement in which he declares his innocence and vows to fight the charges. He also... View Article
Continue readingOpenSecrets.org Citizen Journalism Awards
Our friends at the Center for Responsive Politics are partnering with Helium to hold a contest for citizen journalists who... View Article
Continue reading$1,000 to the Jerry Lewis Portrait Committee
LD-203 forms--on which lobbyists disclose their contributions to lawmakers' campaigns, to presidential libraries, and to nonprofits honoring members of Congress, is available online. The disclosure that prompted the headline of this post is here. Lots of other interesting stuff, but there are a little less than 3,917 records in the entire database, which makes me think that the data isn't yet complete. There are also all the usual issues with inaccurate federal data -- here's a a $200,000 contribution to Sen. Barbara Boxer's leadership PAC. That's a bit more than the $5,000 FEC limit ...
Continue readingPimping the Powers Behind the Thrones
In today’s edition, Roll Call profiles how members of Congress increasingly pimping their top aides as a way to raise... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Waiting for the 111th Congress
Despite a string of revelations revealing innappropriate home loans, rent prices, and rental arrangements maintained by lawmakers, Congress refuses to... View Article
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