Permitting Tea Party, left-wing, libertarian, middle-of-the-road -- whatever -- groups to define themselves as untaxed social welfare organizations that may accept unlimited, untaxed, secret corporate gifts and sponsor political ads is a sarcoma on democracy.

By Dave Levinthal April 23, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investiga...

By Dave Levinthal April 20, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investiga...

If you're the sort of person who spends their evenings poring over research and financial filings pertaining to lobbying activities, you may have noti...

The new class of Congress is carrying more student debt than ever before, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics. Financial...

Despite reports of corporate and other highrollers offended at alleged aloofness and a lack of perks from the White House during the first term, this time, they'll be welcomed with open arms. The president said it himself -- he likes a good party.

The median estimated net worth of incoming freshmen members of Congress is almost $1 million more than that of the typical American household, accordi...

Although it does mark the end of long and grueling campaigns, the day after Election Day should not be perceived as the end, but rather, the beginning.

Members hustled back to the capital all right, not to get much accomplished for the good of the nation but to party down at events designed to scrape every last nickel of campaign contributions from the jam pots of cash held by K Street lobbyists and special interests.

WASHINGTON -- Measures that secretive political groups keep coming up with to avoid disclosing donors may eventually backfire, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (...

The majority of election cycles between 1964 and 2010 resulted in House incumbent reelection rates of at least 90 percent. Those are Kim Jung Il and Robert Mugabe numbers that legitimately call into question the fundamental tenet of American democracy.

(Reuters) - National Football League teams have donated at least $1.4 million to politicians, parties, and committees since 2009, with about two-third...

WASHINGTON -- Further indicating that candidate-specific super PACs are being used to end-run traditional campaign contribution limits, a new analysis...

All eyes in Washington are on the 12 members of the new congressional supercommittee charged with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions over a d...

By Zachary Newkirk OpenSecrets.org Employer: "wife." Occupation: "slave." That, at least, is how Robert Hannay of Paradise Valley, Ariz., des...

Amid this year's heated debate over corporate campaign cash, the top donor to House and Senate campaigns is a company that was an also-ran in politica...

"Corporate interests are buying the elections? Oh no", Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, told the New York T...

It's no mystery that money has become a key factor in American politics. But until now it's been difficult to show voters just how closely politicians...