Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

1. Arlen Specter 1930-2012: In his own words

   By Kathy Kiely Oct 14, 2012 1:53 p.m.
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2. Twoops! Scott Brown (briefly) hails Elizabeth Warren appointment

   By Kathy Kiely Oct 10, 2012 9:44 p.m.
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3. Target Nevada: Silver State drawing lots of green from campaigns

   By Kathy Kiely Oct 1, 2012 12:25 p.m.

   Nevada is used to high rollers, but the state has special reason to be blase about this set.

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4. Gross Political Product: Outside campaign spending tops 2010 total

   By Kathy Kiely Sep 23, 2012 9:09 p.m.

   In a campaign that's supposed to be about an ailing economy, there's just one financial indicator that remains consistently robust: Call it the Gross Political Product.

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5. The money bombers: Which outside spenders have the most for the homestretch?

   By Kathy Kiely Sep 21, 2012 11:06 a.m.

   Heading into the final stages of the 2012 campaign, the super PAC in position to have the biggest impact, by far and away, is American Crossroads, Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker shows.

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6. Democratic convention watch: Join the conversation tonight

   By Kathy Kiely Sep 5, 2012 1:33 p.m.

   The Sunlight Foundation is at the Democratic convention, literally and virtually, and you can join us online Wednesday and Thursday nights.

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7. Open the floodgates: FEC supersizes political donations by text

   By Kathy Kiely Sep 4, 2012 6:10 p.m.

   One month after okaying a proposal to permit small political contributions by text, the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday green-lighted a Democratic firm's plan to collect standard-size contributions using a system that will collect all the identifying information required by the regulators.

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8. Election law? What election law?

   By Kathy Kiely Aug 31, 2012 8:37 a.m.

   A Republican lawyer wonders where the FEC enforcers are and a donor sneaks a reporter into a Karl Rove meeting for financiers. Are even the bankrollers getting fed up with the political big money game?

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9. Influence profile: Paul Ryan

   By Kathy Kiely Aug 11, 2012 7:32 a.m.

   Rep. Paul Ryan, whom Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reportedly will name as his running mate Saturday, is a prolific fundraiser whose most ardent backers are a curious mix of the conservative elite and the blue collar plebian.  

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10. Court to broadcasters: Put political ad files online

    By Kathy Kiely Jul 27, 2012 2:23 p.m.

    Television stations in the nation's top 50 markets will have to begin putting information about political ad buys online next week under a court order issued late Friday by a panel of federal judges.

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11. Gun interests spend millions to influence lawmakers

    By Kathy Kiely Jul 21, 2012 8:42 a.m.

    In the wake of the Batman movie massacre, Colorado's second mass killing in recent memory, much is being written about the unlikeliness of the tragedy leading to the kind of gun control legislation that might have prevented another troubled young man from amassing a huge arsenal. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was quoted in the New York Times on Saturday venting his frustration at the inertia of both major party's presidential candidates.

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12. Freedom (or not?) of information: FOIA at 46

    By Kathy Kiely Jul 5, 2012 10:51 a.m.

    There probably are more reasons to sound the alarm than to bang a celebratory drum on the 46th birthday of the Freedom of Information Act.

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13. Feds order online posting of political ad info next month

    By Kathy Kiely Jul 3, 2012 8:02 a.m.

    Information about political TV ads must be posted online by Aug. 2 under an order published this morning in the Federal Register.

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14. What's in a name? A look at how 'health reform' became 'Obamacare'

    By Kathy Kiely Jun 28, 2012 9:35 a.m.
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Investigations by Sunlight Foundation reporter Kathy Kiely