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Some big-money donors double down on Romney, Obama

2011-10-04T15:00:23Z

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 o...

Factbox: U.S. health and defense industries' lobbying clout

2011-08-11T14:00:13Z

(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 industries, which have a long history of influence on Capitol Hill.

DEFEN...

Bachmann campaign reports $4 million: report

2011-07-15T10:30:21Z

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 Minne...

Who Are the 10 Wealthiest Members of Congress?

2010-11-29T14:29:28Z

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Good online resources for politics

2010-11-04T15:23:46Z

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US mid-term elections to be costliest ever

2010-10-10T16:30:23Z

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 elections," according to Dave Levinthal, spokesman for the independent Fresh sign of the times: Out-of-state money benefiting GOP, reversal from past two elections

The 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 Senate candidates are searching far from home for last-minute campaign cash.

This year, the po...

Wall Street hires army of Washington insiders

2010-06-26T03:53:12Z

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 and campaign spending o...

Lobby spending nearly $1 billion in Q1: study

2010-06-26T03:46:45Z

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 $903 million, marking an 11 percen...

Schapiro, Clinton are richest of top Obama aides

2010-06-25T19:55:55Z

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...

Health Care Ka-Ching!

2010-10-22T07:41:45Z

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Murtha's Money

2010-04-17T10:43:26Z

In this Nov. 7, 2006, file photo, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., speaks at an election night event in Vienna, Va. Moran, another Defense Appropriations Subcommittee member, Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind., and the subcommittee