Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

1. On eve of Netanyahu visit, a look at Israel's lobbying

   By Lindsay Young Mar 2, 2012 11:50 a.m.

   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday begins a visit to the United States amid tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program and a report President Obama will urge his Israeli counterpart to postpone a preemptive strike. In addition to Obama, Netanyahu will call on another U.S. power political player, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

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2. Influence at the Oscars

   By Lindsay Young Feb 24, 2012 12:17 a.m.

   Update: The contribution amounts coming from George Clooney and Kathleen Kennedy have been corrected.

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3. Arab Spring Data

   By Lindsay Young Feb 10, 2012 2:57 p.m.

    

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4. Arab Spring: One Year Later

   By Lindsay Young Feb 10, 2012 2:55 p.m.
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5. Dark money in the twilight of 2011

   By Lindsay Young and Breanna Edwards Feb 7, 2012 6:05 p.m.

   Dark money has haunted the psyche of good government reformers. Recent changes in campaign law raise the prospect of unlimited donations, routed to political action committees through 501(c)4 "social welfare" organizations that don't have to disclose contributors' names. That could allow innocuously named groups to shelter powerful individuals and corporations and the influence they're exercising to determine who wins a federal office.

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6. Not so super PACs

   By Lindsay Young Jan 31, 2012 6:45 p.m.

   For every high-spending, politically-connected PAC, there are even more PACs that fail to accomplish much of anything. As of January 30, some 300 organizations have written letters to the FEC with their intention of raising unlimited money as a super PAC.

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7. Evolution of money in politics

   By Lindsay Young Jan 31, 2012 6:42 a.m.

   Here is an interactive timeline of the events that shape money in politics. Click on the dots for more information.

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8. GOP lawmakers reopen fight over Keystone XL pipeline

   By Lindsay Young Jan 24, 2012 4:53 p.m.

   As House Republicans reopen efforts Wednesday to win approval for the Keystone XL energy project, new lobbying records filed over the weekend reveal a lopsided spending battle over the controversial proposed pipeline.

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9. Super PAC profile: Pro-Ron Paul group has corporate address

   By Lindsay Young Jan 17, 2012 3:04 p.m.

   Heading into the South Carolina primary, Santa Rita super PAC had created seven ads that appear on its YouTube channel. According to FEC records the PAC spent $317,500 producing ads and buying time on 14 channels for a promised 11-day ad blitz before Palmetto State voters head to the polls Saturday.

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10. Super PAC profile: Obama supported by Priorities USA Action

    By Lindsay Young Jan 9, 2012 11:04 a.m.

    Priorities USA Action defines its mission as "committed to the reelection of President Obama." The group is currently opposing Mitt Romney with media ad buys.

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11. Super PAC profile: Red White and Blue for Santorum

    By Lindsay Young Jan 6, 2012 12:08 p.m.
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12. Santorum's not-so-populist side

    By Lindsay Young Jan 4, 2012 4:30 p.m.

    With his penchant for sweater vests and stories about his coal miner grandfather, former Sen. Rick Santorum is setting himself up as the populist conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, the millionaire GOP presidential frontrunner who bested him by a mere eight votes in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses.

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13. Congress members owning TransCanada stock push to approve Keystone XL

    By Lindsay Young Dec 8, 2011 12:12 p.m.

    Four members of Congress who have disclosed owning shares in Transcanada, the company trying to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, have pressed for the $7 billion project's approval. 

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14. Deutsche Telekom meets key people opposing AT&T and T-Mobile merger

    By Lindsay Young Nov 23, 2011 10:01 a.m.

    While Congress and the Department of Justice are questioning the T-Mobile and AT&T merger, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company has been working on a behind the scene lobbying campaign, contacting key opponents to the deal in the last few months, reports filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act show.

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Investigations by Sunlight Foundation reporter Lindsay Young