Following the money in the Wall Street shakeout? Start here.
OpenSecrets.org has many, many resources for anyone interested in following the money as Washington policymakers continue to craft and implement their solutions to the floundering economy. Here’s a guide to what we at the Center for Responsive Politics have for you online:
Overviews of federal campaign contributions and lobbying by the finance, insurance and real estate [...]
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 [...]
New RNC Chair Brings Fundraising Prowess to Post
When former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele lost his bid for Senate in 2006, it wasn’t because his Democratic opponent, Congressman Ben Cardin, had raised more money. Steele collected $8.4 million, just shy of Cardin’s $8.7 million. His fundraising success is likely a big part of the reason the GOP picked Steele to chair the [...]