Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

1. What's wrong with this picture? Greenhouse gas at all-time high

   By Sunlight Reporting Group May 10, 2013 10:31 a.m.

   Carbon dioxide levels are going up. So are campaign contributions by fossil fuels interests.

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2. Reading the big green tea leaves in Sanford-Colbert Busch race

   By Kathy Kiely and Jacob Fenton May 6, 2013 4:45 p.m.
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3. Sanford continues to draw big money in S.C. race versus Colbert Busch

   By Jacob Fenton and Kathy Kiely Apr 29, 2013 3:24 p.m.
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4. Obama's 'voluntary' inaugural disclosure left out some big corporate checks

   By Keenan Steiner and Jacob Fenton Apr 23, 2013 1:06 p.m.

   President Barack Obama's second inaugural committee promised to disclose who underwrote the festivities, but a new campaign finance report reveals that the now-defunct website of the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee, omitted the names of two million-dollar corporate donors -- Boeing and Chevron -- among others.

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5. Big tech, big oil and defense help underwrite Obama inaugural

   By Kathy Kiely and Jacob Fenton Apr 21, 2013 1:56 p.m.

   President Barack Obama raised more than $43 million for his second inaugural, including seven-figure donations from some of the nation's biggest tech, defense and energy companies, a report filed on Saturday with the Federal Election Commission shows.

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6. Why pro-gun groups still have the upper hand in Congress

   By Sunlight Reporting Group Apr 17, 2013 4:47 p.m.

   To understand why the Senate voted today to reject a bipartisan deal on gun control, despite emotional -- and heavily broadcast appeals -- by parents of children gunned down in the Newtown, Conn. massacre, it helps to take a look at the influence profiles of groups on both sides of the debate.

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7. GOP dominates list of top House fundraisers in 2013

   By Anupama Narayanswamy and Jacob Fenton Apr 16, 2013 10:42 p.m.

   On the heels of the most expensive campaign in the nation's history, members of the House and the candidates who want to replace them are already raking in cash for the 2014 mid-terms. In the first three months of 2013, they collected a total of $68 million, records just submitted to the Federal Election Commission show.

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8. The list: who gave to Obama's new political non-profit

   By Keenan Steiner and Jacob Fenton Apr 12, 2013 5:39 p.m.

   (Updated: 6:44 p.m. ET)

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9. Obama phones go by another name in Congress

   By Kathy Kiely and Bill Allison Apr 10, 2013 11:06 a.m.
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10. Political heavy hitters lining up behind gay marriage

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Mar 27, 2013 11 a.m.

    Updated: 1:20 p.m.

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11. Newt Gingrich forms joint fundraising PAC

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Mar 25, 2013 10:51 a.m.

    Seems that 2012 is the (fundraising) campaign that just won't die. We already know that President Barack Obama, despite winning what he loudly advertised would be his last campaign, is still hot on the fundraising trail. And Politico is reporting that Obama's unsuccessful GOP rival, Mitt Romney, is going to be feting donors later this spring. 

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12. No sequester for political ads

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Mar 6, 2013 10:34 a.m.

    In honor of the snowquester, as the Washington Post's cheeky Weather Gang has dubbed the spring storm that so far has proven more effective than the Tea Party in reining in government, Sunlight has decided to take a look at the efforts getting underway by various groups to keep the actual sequester at bay.

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13. Gun debate boomerang: Focus on video games targets Democratic givers

    By Kathy Kiely and Louis Serino Feb 19, 2013 4:40 p.m.

    News that the alleged perpetrator of December's schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut had a cache of violent video games and may have been recreating a horrific virtual fantasy could put Democratic politicians in an awkward position with some of their political allies. 

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14. About last night: State of the Union includes nods to special interests

    By Bill Allison, Caitlin MacNeal and Jake Harper Feb 13, 2013 2:55 p.m.

    Yesterday, we posted an item asking if influence data--campaign contributions and lobbying reports--could offer a useful prediction to the content of President Barack Obama's fourth State of the Union address. Did Obama include items on their lobbying agendas? How well did we do?

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Investigations by Sunlight Foundation reporter