So, Rep. Alan Mollohan was defeated in a Democratic primary yesterday. He was the second incumbent to lose in the... View Article
Continue readingJohn Ensign’s Troubles Get Worse
Sen. John Ensign appears headed for a shorter than expected Senate career. Some senators are calling for public ethics hearings... View Article
Continue readingEnsign’s Scandal Really Was More Than Just An Affair
After speculating about whether Sen. John Ensign’s affair included payouts to his mistress and her family, about every news outlet... View Article
Continue readingScandaLand: Who Is Currently Involved In A Congressional Scandal
Are you a lawmaker in Washington wondering whether you are involved in a scandal or under investigation? Well, we’ve made... View Article
Continue readingGuardian gives Brits the data goods
We’ve had our share of political scandals in this country, but there’s something so–British–about the expense scandal swirling around members... View Article
Continue readingScandal Plagued Lawmakers Win and Lose
In some ways it is unbelievable to think that a candidate for the United States Senate, fresh off of seven... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: The Banks Bought Congress
Budgeting political risk helped Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and financial services companies avoid the kind of scrutiny they needed from... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Scandal Tarred Florida Seat
Sometimes congressional seats come fixed with a superstitious quality; a curse, perhaps. North Carolina’s Class 3 Senate seat is famous... View Article
Continue readingInternational Sunlight
Riffing off of the estimable Nisha Thompson's Local Sunlight feature, there are a couple of Sunlight related stories happening across our northern border and across the pond in Europe. First, our friends in Europe are taking after our Congress and considering passing sweeping lobbying disclosure for the EU for the very first time:
The European Commission has proposed new rules that could require European Union lobbyists to register for the first time, as part of a new transparency effort spawned after news reports of Abramoff’s activities broke.
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It’s Campaign Contributions and the Economy, Stupid–or is it?
When I first glanced at it, I didn't quite know what to make of Jim McTague's prediction in Barrons, or his system for arriving at it: that incumbents with big fundraising advantages will win their races. McTague thus argues that the GOP will hold Congress, that incumbents with bad poll numbers or in tight races like Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana or Sen. Robert Menendez in New Jersey will ride their campaign chests to victory, and that raising the most money is a sign of "superior grass-roots support."
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