-
Pro-gay marriage group pushes for ad removal
By Jake Harper Oct 19, 2012 6:46 p.m.
Read all about it -
Republicans in tight House races on top in the money game
By Anupama Narayanswamy Oct 19, 2012 4:32 p.m.
Read all about it -
Outside political spending continues to skyrocket
By Jake Harper Oct 19, 2012 12:55 p.m.Of the $810 million in outside spending that Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money has tracked since the beginning of the campaign cycle, more than half has been laid out in the last six weeks.
Read all about it -
Surprise! Corporations funded Democrats' convention
By Keenan Steiner Oct 18, 2012 6:32 p.m.Though the party conventions are long over, the special interests that paid for them were only revealed to the public yesterday. It’s not a surprise that, despite a self-imposed ban on corporate cash to fund their Charlotte convention, the Democrats relied on plenty of it.
Read all about it -
Davis deletes 13 consecutive tweets following debate
By Becca Heller Oct 18, 2012 5:15 p.m.Republican Rodney Davis, in a tight race with Democrat David Gill for Illinois' 13th Congressional District, deleted 13 consecutive posts from his Twitter account Thursday, hours after they were posted to his account during the congressional candidates' only debate of the campaign.
Read all about it -
Stealthy Wealthy: Franklin Haney built real estate empire with government help
By Nancy Watzman Oct 18, 2012 10:37 a.m.
Read all about it -
Who leases office space to the feds remains a mystery
By Nancy Watzman Oct 18, 2012 10:37 a.m.After deciding to profile Franklin L. Haney as part of our Stealthy Wealthy series, an obvious question soon posed itself: Exactly how much have Haney's companies collected over the years in leasing office space to the federal government?
Read all about it -
Haney campaign contributions hard to follow
By Nancy Watzman Oct 18, 2012 10:37 a.m.Franklin L. Haney is a case study on how hard it can be to get a comprehensive picture of the campaign contribution clout of a particular individual or company given the limits of state and local level disclosure.
Read all about it -
Republican groups swamping Democrats in outside spending
By Jake Harper Oct 18, 2012 10:01 a.m.As the campaign heads into its final weeks, Republican outside interest groups are outspending their Democratic counterparts two-to-one, Federal Election Commission reports tracked this week by Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money show.
Read all about it -
NAM authorized $1 million in undisclosed spending
By Jake Harper Oct 17, 2012 6:08 p.m.
Read all about it -
Fall cleaning: DC's Eleanor Holmes Norton deletes tweets
By Caitlin MacNeal Oct 17, 2012 2 p.m.
Read all about it -
Democratic super PACs come into their own
By Jacob Fenton and Nancy Watzman Oct 16, 2012 3:38 p.m.
Read all about it -
Who let the dog out? Frosh Republican Allen West's tweet sics would-be pooch adoptees on the Marines
By Jake Harper and Kat Lucero Oct 16, 2012 2:14 p.m.
Read all about it -
Stealthy effort fuels get out the vote effort--in Israel
By Nancy Watzman Oct 16, 2012 7:51 a.m.An assertive bipartisan get-out-the-vote effort known as “IVoteIsrael” and aimed at Americans living in that country appears to have ties to conservative billionaire Ronald S. Lauder, a supporter of Republican causes and of the hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Read all about it
Search the Blog
Real Time Ticker
Recent Posts
Reporting we're watching
- OpenSecrets: Millionaire Freshmen Make Congress Even Wealthier
- Sunlight Foundation: Why does the IRS regulate political groups? A look at the complex world of campaign finance
- Sunlight Foundation: Update on FedBizOpps data
- OpenSecrets: Site Spotlight #3: Anomaly Tracker
- Sunlight Foundation: OpenGov Voices: Day of Action on Sunday: Know the influence behind your grocery purchase
