FEC: PACs Without a Union or Business Sponsor On the Rise
Even as consumers try to save their cash, more fundraising committees have popped up across the country to collect money for political activities. According to a report from the Federal Election Commission this week, the number of federally registered political action committees has increased 9 percent since the start of last year (from 4,234 to [...]
Millions of Dollars Later, Congress Introduces Unionization Bill
For months business groups and labor unions have been campaigning for or against the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that was introduced in Congress just today and that has spurred what will be one of the fiercest–and most expensive–debates Capitol Hill has seen in years. At the core of the debate is the question [...]
Power Players: Natural Resources Committee Chair Mines Support from Homestate Industry
Name: Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.V.)Position: At 27, Rahall was the youngest member of the first Congress he served in, landing spots on the Interior and Public Works committees in his first term in 1976. More than 30 years later, he’s the chair of the House Natural Resources Committee (formerly the Interior Committee) and the No. [...]