With 2014 coming to close, it's time to look back at the highlights from a hearty year of deleted tweets from politicians archived on Politwoops.
Continue readingFollowing the influence at today’s AT&T-DirecTV merger hearings
Some of the lawmakers who are grilling AT&T and DirecTV today about a proposed merger got campaign money from ... guess who?
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Sen. Cruz’s tiger rug, a Spanish lesson and more
Welcome to another roundup looking at the last week's deletions from U.S. politicians archived by our Politwoops project.
Continue readingWho’s going to blink? Influence profiles of eight who could end the shutdown
If the government shutdown is going to be resolved, it's going to take compromise by some key players who so far haven't shown much willingness to bend. So who might influence these influentials? Sunlight decided to examine some of the monied interests behind key figures in the debate.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, in many cases the special interests are closely aligned with their beneficiaries' positions in the standoff, which largely revolves around the health care debate.
Here's a closer look:
Barack Obama
The president is the most prodigious fundraising weapon in the Democrats' arsenal. His campaign's success in ...
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