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Obama discloses less about inaugural donors
By Keenan Steiner Jan 4, 2013 7:41 p.m.What a difference four years makes: President Barack Obama, who began his first term with a promise to change the way Washington works, barred corporate donations to his first inauguration, capped individual contributions at $50,000 and began disclosing his donors and bundlers more than a month before his swearing-in.
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Follow the (Airport) Money
By Bill Allison Oct 7, 2009 6:30 p.m.Over the past five years, the Federal Aviation Administration has handed out nearly $18 billion in grants for almost 19,000 airport projects. In theory, these projects -- funded through the FAA's Airport Improvement Program -- are supposed to enhance safety or protect the environment. In fact, according to a Subsidyscope analysis of FAA data (neatly assembled into a searchable database by Sunlight's Kaitlin Lee), a fair amount of money has gone toward the building of parking lots and other questionable things.
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Revealing the "Hidden Budget"
By Jim Morris Sep 30, 2009 5:41 p.m.Our colleagues at The Pew Charitable Trusts, with whom we collaborate on Subsidyscope, have produced a nine-page overview of federal subsidies -- the "hidden budget" -- that's worth a read.
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SubsidyScope
The Sunlight Foundation is the research and technology partner of The Pew Charitable Trusts on their site Subsidyscope.org. The site’s growing library of data resources lets users explore the impact of federal subsidies on the economy.
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