Once again, Michele Bachmann has been called out for exaggerating the facts.
Making the case as to why she should be considered for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, the Minnesota representative told Fox News last week, “I have been able to raise more money than any member of the More…
It’s no secret that the oil and natural gas industry has always had a huge influence in Washington. But given this summer’s massive oil spill and the prospect that Congress will pass stringent new drilling rules, the oil industry appears to be stepping up its game.
The industry has given More…
The ballots are still being tallied in Alaska — at last count, Joe Miller remains in the lead over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in the GOP primary by a mere 1,660 votes — but in the meantime everyone is asking the same question: where did Miller come from?
The Center for Responsive Politics reports that Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) is getting some serious help in his Senate primary contest against billionaire Jeff Greene from a group called “Florida Is Not For Sale,” one of the seven new independent expenditure committees approved by the FEC last month.
The U.S. Department of Justice investigation into former House Majority Leader Rep. Tom Delay (R-Texas) might finally be over, but the fallout among other political figures over their ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff continues:
President Obama and the Democrats are both kicking their midterm election efforts into a higher gear today. The President held a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee last night in DC, is hosting two more DNC events today in New York City, and will host four more events around More…
Koch Industries is known to be a major funder of groups associated with the “anti-establishment” Tea Party. But that doesn’t mean the Kansas-based oil and gas giant has given up on beltway politics. Far from it.
A new report by the watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics places Koch More…
The lobbying industry enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2008, according to a report by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit that tracks money in politics:
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