The 2008 presidential campaign featured blistering attacks, particularly from the eventual victor Sen. Barack Obama, on Washington’s chief money-making industry.... View Article
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In January of 2007, freshman Democratic congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand became the first member of the House of Representatives to post... View Article
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Now that it is official that the Feds are investigating Countrywide’s “VIP” home loan program, it’s time to revisit one... View Article
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After a year of operating under the new reforms Congress enacted after a series of lobbyist-related scandals, lobbyists are reporting... View Article
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There is only one lobbying game in town: grabbing for bailout bucks. Changes at the Stevens trial, while more stories... View Article
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AIG says it won’t spend bailout funds on lobbying, as other financial services welfare recipients acknowledge that lobbying expenses will... View Article
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An article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer examines the difficulty of searching for lobbyist contributions in the Washington state disclosure databases.... View Article
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Like a man sinking in quicksand, Rep. Charles Rangel continues, with every flailing day, to sink further as more discrepancies... View Article
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Mike Allen at The Politico reports that the Obama/Biden campaign is planning to use disclosure as a way to challenge... View Article
Continue readingCharlie Rangel’s Dominican Get-away
According to both the New York Times and the New York Post, Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel sporadically reported... View Article
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