Politically active hedge fund managers are the financial engine behind a new super PAC that's making a splash in a Republican primary in rural New York.
Continue readingIs the Ex-Im bank really doomed? Not likely, if you look at historical lobbying efforts
If lobbying's any indication, the Export-Import bank won't go away anytime soon. A Sunlight Foundation analysis of the 20 organizations that have lobbied the most on the Ex-Im bank shows that 19 of 20 support the bank.
Continue readingThe money behind the Keystone XL pipeline
Lots of campaign and lobbying spending preceded today's vote in which Mary Landrieu, a vulnerable southern Democrat and chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, looked to silence critics who say she hasn't done enough to advance a vote on Keystone XL.
Continue readingWho’s underwriting President Obama’s political nonprofit?
Since the beginning of the 2014 campaign cycle, 14 donors — from a hedge fund manager to a gay rights activist to a venture capitalist — have given $100,000 or more to President Obama's uncampaign committee, Organizing for Action.
Continue readingFive charts on food industry influence
With the House set to battle First Lady Michelle Obama over school lunch nutrition regulations, as Peter Olsen-Phillips reports today,... View Article
Continue readingThe influence battle for your child’s lunch
Food processing companies' dollars flow to the campaigns for members on the Appropriations' agriculture subcommittee, some of whom are trying to delay new regulations for healthier school lunches.
Continue readingAustralia wants to buy $3.8 billion worth of weapons from the U.S., spent $200K lobbying on its naval port
President Obama and Vice President Biden sit down with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday to discuss a range of issues, but chief among them will be Australia's interest in beefing up its military and weapons capacity.
Continue readingOffice of Congressional Ethics: Subpoena Steve Stockman
Citing Sunlight reporting, the Office of Congressional Ethics recommends that Rep. Steve Stockman be subpoenaed to testify about potentially illegal campaign contributions.
Continue readingSpecial interests walk away empty handed in VA-07 primary, but maybe not Eric Cantor
While pundits issue the post-mortem of Cantor's campaign, the American Chemistry Council and a host of PACs are left wondering how all their efforts (read:money) could have been in vain.
Continue readingCampaign intelligence: Nearly $110 million in independent expenditures this primary season
The vast majority of this spending is aimed at Republicans.
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