In certain cases, preemption—when a higher level of government limits the authority of a lower level to enact new policies—can devastate public health. Public health advocates were winning. City after city was innovating ways to ...
“Big-name defense stocks are rising…” Defense companies Lockheed Martin and Raytheon scored huge Pentagon contracts in anticipation of military conflict with Iran following the Trump administration’s assassination of Iran’s most powerful general late Thursday. Lockheed ...
Despite originally promising to forgo super PACs, former Vice President Joe Biden has opened his 2020 campaign to funding from a number of questionable big donors. Joe Biden’s campaign late Friday released the names of ...
“This issue isn’t going away in 2020, and it will be devastating to her re-election campaign as Iowans learn more about her breaking the rules to further her own political career.” (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center ...
“No presidential candidate is going to get taken seriously on climate change if they’re funded by and taking advice from current and former fossil fuel executives.” Former Vice President Joe Biden is not going to ...
The defense firm Honeywell International, which received $1.3 billion in defense contracts during the 2018 budget year, has given $1.3 million to candidates for the 2020 elections. (By MapLight) Major Pentagon contractors have been the ...
The NRA’s tax records show its involvement abroad, expanding to a longer list of regions from the Middle East and Asia to Europe and sub-saharan Africa. (By Anna Massoglia, Center for Responsive Politics) The National Rifle ...
Lobbying firms in Washington D.C. saw revenue more than double in the Trump era. (By Yue Stella Yu, The Center for Responsive Politics) For many well-connected Washington lobbying firms, business is booming after President Donald ...
“We’ve made more progress in the past five years than I’ve made in the previous 50,” Charles Koch told supporters last year. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) The Charles Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity ...
Big tech is opening its pocketbooks to fight growing anti-trust and consumer scrutiny. (By Andrew Prez and Tim Zelina, MapLight) With calls for big tech companies to be broken up growing louder, Silicon Valley is ...
Despite filing for bankruptcy, Pacific Gas & Electric is finding the money to line the pockets of Washington politicians. (By Frank Bass, MapLight) Pacific Gas & Electric, the California utility that’s shutting off power to ...
“It is time to expose the contractors, lobbyists, campaign contributions, influence on policy-makers, and ultimately profits wielded by the border-industrial complex.” Although the militarization of the U.S. border has become a hot topic today, the ...
At least one foreign agent simultaneously held a U.S. government appointment while being paid to represent Saudi interests as a foreign agent. (By Anna Massoglia, Center for Responsive Politics) Foreign influence and lobbying spending targeting the United States ...
One of the U.S.-Ukraine diplomats has a lengthy history as a Republican donor, while another performed lobbying work for foreign clients and a major defense company. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Yue Stella Yu, The Center ...
As prescription drug costs soar, Congress is pressing for bills that would cap out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare beneficiaries and allow the government a say in drug pricing. Worried to lose the pricing power, the pharmaceutical ...
“An administration staffed by former industry lobbyists will almost certainly favor industry over the general public.” In less than three years, President Trump has assigned more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level positions than former Presidents Obama ...
Carnival Corp, the world’s largest cruise company, has spent $400,000 on lobbying this year. Royal Caribbean Cruises ranks second at $357,000. (By Yue Stella Yu, Center for Responsive Politics) For families whose loved ones suffer an accident ...
The nation’s largest opioid distributors, their subsidiaries, and employees gave more than $23 million in campaign contributions to federal candidates over the last decade. (By Frank Bass, MapLight) Even as an epidemic of painkiller abuse ...
The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future has always opposed Medicare for All. But lately it’s been going after moderate healthcare proposals, too. (By Jessica Piper, The Center for Responsive Politics) A group of major ...
House members who voted against a gun control measure received 16 times more gun lobby cash than supporters. (By Abigail Luke, Maplight) Senators who haven’t agreed to back a measure to close loopholes in gun ...
Amazon, Facebook and Google for the first time ever are among the top 15 lobbying spenders in a single quarter. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Facing tremendous pressure from regulators and lawmakers from ...
In a surprise move, the Senate Finance Committee struck down industry friendly amendments to a new bill regulating big pharma. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Jessica Piper, Center For Responsive Politics) The Senate Finance Committee advanced a ...
“Here’s something I don’t say often: on this point, I AGREE with @AOC. Indeed, I have long called for a LIFETIME BAN on former Members of Congress becoming lobbyists.” In a surprise twitter exchange last ...
A MapLight analysis of Federal Election Campaign data found that 65 House members who opposed the measure received $268,965 from the 10 largest oil and gas companies in the U.S. since the beginning of the ...
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