Focus on the Family news outlet CitizenLink on Monday posted a dire summary of a recent court ruling that rejected an attempt to protect the identities of donors to the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 campaign. The CitizenLink story echoes the fears of intimidation and harassment from “gay activists” and “the More…
In the coda to yet another Washington ethics scandal, Paul Magliocchetti, founder of the once influential defense lobbying firm PMA Group, was indicted yesterday in federal court for making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions.
PMA had ties to several senior members of the
At what point does a campaign contribution cross over from Washington status quo to illegal quid pro quo? That’s what the Office of Congressional Ethics has been attempting to probe in its ongoing investigation into eight House members who solicited and received large campaign contributions from the financial services More…
Ken Vogel has the run-down. It’s not a lot of money being passed around so far, but it’s the brand every conservative wants.
Advocates for financial regulatory reform must be shaking their heads today after watching Rep. Melissa Bean’s (D-Ill.) efforts to weaken a comprehensive financial regulatory reform bill — which have been, all told, pretty effective. As we noted earlier, House lawmakers struck a deal late Thursday night More…
As Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) marks his line of opposition to a public insurance plan in the Democrats’ health reform bill, it’s worth noting that no industry has given more to Nelson’s congressional career than the insurers. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign contributions, insurance More…
Citing reports alleging that Sen. Barack Obama has received illegal campaign contributions from overseas, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis called for the Obama campaign to release its small-donor list ($200 or less) and live up to its promise of transparency. Federal rules don’t require disclosure of such donors.
Davis offered More…
I was just checking out a new feature at OpenSecrets.org — the Center for Responsive Politics’ website that tracks money in politics.
Among other things, you can follow the personal campaign contributions of individual lobbyists. It also lets you see which candidates have received the most money More…
With a Republican National Committee lawyer calling on the Federal Elections Commission to investigate the Obama campaign for accepting contributions in excess of federal limits, the FEC is looking into dozens of excessive donations to the McCain campaign as well, reports The Washington Post. More…
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