Campaign Contributions

Arthur Delaney

Financial Industry Money Flows To Sponsors Of Industry-Friendly Amendments

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics


Members of the House Financial Services Committee have received, on average, $138,422 in campaign contributions from the financial services industry s...

Waffling Democrats' Health Care Hypocrisy

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Peter Dreier

After years of feeding at the health insurance industry trough, it's no wonder these conservative Democratic senators oppose a public option plan to compete for consumers.

Bad Ethics Bombshell Coincides With Poll Of Lawmakers: Our Ethics Enforcement Is Good Enough

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business


A confidential ethics committee report leaked to the Washington Post reveals that more than 30 members of the House are currently facing ethics invest...

Markey Donor Accused of Embezzling Millions

Fort Collins Coloradoan | Robert Moore | Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver


An Iowa woman accused of embezzling $5.9 million from her employer gave, along with her spouse, more than $30,000 to Northern Colorado Democratic cong...

Cigna CEO Hanway: Obstacle to Health Insurance Reform

Peter Dreier | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Peter Dreier

Natalin Sarkisyan was a 17-year-old from Glendale, Calif., who had leukemia and needed a liver transplant. Cigna said the procedure was "too risky." In December 2007, Sarkisyan died.

Murthaville: Just Down the Road from Backscratch, Pa.

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Welcome to Murthaville, home to the John Murtha Institute for Applied Generosity and the John Murtha Attack Submarine Test Facility and Senior Center.

Imprisoned Democrat Paul Minor's Appeal Has Major 1st Amendment Implications

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Brendan DeMelle

Without quid pro quo proof of a deal between donor and recipient, anyone, could be accused of "bribery" just for giving money to a candidate running for office, as Paul Minor was.

Dem Sen. Blanche Lincoln Rakes In Health Care Dollars

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home


As the summer of the Democrats� discontent winds to a close, the head count for health care reform in the Senate begins in earnest. One of the key D...

Behind Arrest of Clinton Backer -- the Deeper Story

Russ Baker | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Russ Baker

There is a strikingly trans-partisan and trans-national nature to this high-stakes influence game.

Turn Up the Heat on the Insurance Industry

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Peter Dreier

A few hundred people serve on the boards of the nation's largest health insurance companies. They, the industry they serve, and the politicians who do their bidding, need to be held accountable.

When Does A Campaign Contribution Become A Bribe?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Judge H. Lee Sarokin

There is a suggestion that elections make judges accountable to the people, but there should be no such accountability. The most unpopular judge can be the very best.

Banks Still Cheating People Out of Their Homes

Mike Elk | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


Mike Elk

We can't allow Wall Street to go on cheating people out of the most important possession of their lives -- their home.

Top Finance Committee Members Rake In Health Care PAC Money

Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Paul Blumenthal

The duo of Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley, raised $219,000 from health and insurance political action committees (PACs) from April to June of this year.

Pelosi Will Keep "Villains" Campaign Contributions

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called health insurers "the villains" in the unfolding story of the health care overhaul on Thursday, ratcheting...

Maligned Texas Hospital Gives Top Dollar To Senate Dems

The New York Times | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


One of the largest sources of campaign contributions to Senate Democrats during this year's health care debate is a physician-owned hospital in one of...

GOP Liars on Health Costs

Peter Dreier | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Peter Dreier

Let's be clear. The Republicans are liars and hypocrites when it comes to controlling costs as part of health care reform.

Sam Stein

House Finance Committee Members Took $62.9 Million From Industry Interests

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Members of the House Financial Services Committee, which is playing a critical role in restructuring the nation's reeling financial, banking and housi...

Local Politics: The Rich Get Richer

Warren Goldstein | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Warren Goldstein

"All politics is local," the late Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil opined famously. And New Yorkers have been getting a large dose of the maxim in rec...

Campaign Contribution Caps May See Legal Challenges

Chicago Public Radio | Sam Hudzik | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago


This spring, lawmakers took a stab at the issue of ethics in government, and passed a campaign finance bill. But some advocates and experts call the p...

Banking on Change?

Nick Nyhart | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics


Nick Nyhart

The battle ahead on financial regulation pits consumer interests against wealthy lobbying interests that have made a huge investment in campaign contributions.

Unprecedented Campaign Contribution Caps Approved, But Big Loopholes Remain

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Money donated to politicians would be limited for the first time in Illinois history under a plan backed by Gov. Pat Quinn b...

Vote Looms On Capping Campaign Contributions

AP | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois lawmakers may be set to vote on limiting campaign contributions. Sen. Don Harmon -- an Oak Park Democrat -- says h...

Judge In Coleman-Franken Case Donated To Coleman Campaigns

MyDD | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Last week, I took a look at the political leanings of the five Minnesota Supreme Court Justices who will decide Republican Norm Coleman's likely appea...

Edwards Fined By FEC For 2004 Campaign Contributions

McClatchy | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics


The Federal Election Commission is expected to order former Sen. John Edwards' campaign to pay a fine of more than $170,000 for accepting excessive co...

McCain Took $28K From Fraud Suspect R. Allen Stanford

Opensecrets | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


Money manager Robert Allen Stanford now has two things in common with embattled investment manager Bernard Madoff: both have come under scrutiny for a...