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 [...]
UBS AG Helps Fill Lawmakers’ Coffers
Swiss bank UBS AG agreed today to pay $780 million to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Treasury that it helped American customers evade paying taxes by hiding their Swiss bank accounts from U.S. tax authorities. But that’s not the only help that UBS has provided Americans. In the 2008 election cycle, the foreign [...]
Obama, Ney and DeLay Also Among Stanford’s Investments
As the story behind the embattled investment company Stanford Financial Group develops, we thought we’d take an even closer look at the seeds the company may have tried to plant in Washington via campaign contributions. When looking at ALL lawmakers to collect money from the company’s PAC and employees (not just members of the current [...]