Topic: Center For Responsive Politics
BOSTON (Reuters) - Many wealthy donors who gave the maximum allowable amount to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign have doubled down with big donations to an outside group backing the Republican's run for the White House.A study released on Tuesday on the impact ...
(Reuters) - The health and defense industries are readying for battle as a bipartisan committee determines how to trim $1.5 trillion from the federal budget over the next 10 years.Senate and House members already appointed to the committee have ties to both ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann raised about $2 million for her campaign in the second quarter, plus $2 million shifted from her congressional account, a Republican source told CBS News.The Minnesota congresswoman will report a total of $4 million ...
If you stayed up nights wondering whether members of Congress would be able to weather the Great Recession of the late 2000s, this bit of news should finally put your mind at ease.. U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl is one of 261 millionaire ...
For those who follow politics and our government's activities, Internet resources have developed in astounding ways that allow the average person to get the facts directly and quickly. finding and following legislation, finding out who is contributing what and to whom, tracking ...
US November mid-term elections are on track to be the costliest ever after controversial high court rulings opened the way for shadowy donors to flood key races with cash aimed at shaping the outcome."This will easily set spending records for US mid-term ...
Fresh sign of the times: Out-of-state money benefiting GOP, reversal from past two electionsThe private rooms at Carmine's, a large Italian restaurant downtown, have been hopping with political donors at lunch this week. It's a month to Election Day, and House and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street banks and allied interest groups have spent $600 million and hired 243 political insiders to represent their interests before Congress and U.S. policymakers since early 2008, a study said on Tuesday.The labor-backed study, which tracks the lobbying ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies, trade associations, unions and interest groups spent nearly $1 billion lobbying Congress in the first three months of 2010, a watchdog group said on Friday.A research study by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics said first-quarter lobbying totaled ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Schapiro, who regulates a wide swathe of Wall Street, is the richest of the Obama administration's top officials with an estimated net worth of $26.6 million, according to a new analysis of U.S. ...
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