The Federal Election Commission is the supposed enforcer of the nation’s campaign finance and disclosure laws. But, with commissioners evenly... View Article
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The New York Times looked at this week’s Super PAC filings with the FEC and demonstrated—again—what we knew would be... View Article
Continue readingCongress’ Printing and Library Committees Get Ready To Work
Two of the world’s shortest congressional business meetings took place today between 11:37 and 11:41am. The Joint Committee on the... View Article
Continue readingBig bailout recipients contribute to New York pols, Republican Senate aspirants
They received billions in help from the federal government to stay afloat during the worst days of the financial crisis... View Article
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Senators selected to work to combine the House and Senate financial regulation bills in a conference committee are some of... View Article
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As the 2010 election cycle heats up, voters will be exposed to the usual bombardment of campaign ads—many of them... View Article
Continue readingSchumer and Van Hollen Embrace Transparency Measures to Combat Citizens United
The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC opened the door to a torrent of new political spending that,... View Article
Continue readingPartying With Senate Finance Committee Staffers Turned Lobbyists
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the connections between the Senate Finance Committee and the former staffers... View Article
Continue readingWho Can Hedge Funds Lean On?
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced a new regulatory model for the financial system that includes regulating hedge funds for the... View Article
Continue readingSenate E-Filing Bill Reintroduced, Pass S. 482
Here we go again! Just today, Sen. Russ Feingold introduced a bill, S. 482, to require senators to file their... View Article
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