Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

1. Gun ads in Illinois primary a harbinger of things to come?

   By Ryan Sibley Feb 26, 2013 12:01 p.m.

   The gun debate is already emerging as an issue for the 2014 election cycle. In the weeks since the State of the Union address, which President Barack Obama used to make an emotional appeal for gun control, at least seven groups have either purchased airtime in major markets around the country or posted TV-ready ads to their Youtube accounts.

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2. Biden pitches gun control in NRA country

   By Ryan Sibley Jan 25, 2013 9:01 a.m.

   When Vice President Joe Biden travels to Richmond, Va. today to participate in a roundtable about gun violence, he'll be visiting a state where the legislature largely has beaten back proposals to regulate guns, and where politicians have gotten $2.2 million in support from gun rights groups over the past two decades.

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3. House freshmen: New members find new earmarks?

   By Ryan Sibley Aug 16, 2012 8:25 a.m.
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4. Virginia ultrasound law is the image of a few others

   By Ryan Sibley Mar 7, 2012 9:59 a.m.
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5. Super PAC profile: Democratic governors play in presidential primary

   By Ryan Sibley Feb 2, 2012 5:33 p.m.

   DGA Action is a super PAC created by the Democratic Governors Association, but so far in this election cycle, all of its ads have been against Republican presidential candidates.

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6. Super PAC Profile: Endorse Liberty helps Ron Paul — and a founder's company

   By Ryan Sibley Jan 10, 2012 2:01 p.m.

   In the three weeks since Endorse Liberty Inc. formed as a super PAC with the Federal Election Commission, the group has spent nearly $1 million on ads supporting Ron Paul, $151,000 of which went to a media company owned by one of the founders of the group.

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7. Super PAC profile: Revolution PAC launches NH ad campaign touting Ron Paul's 'compassion' toward interracial couple

   By Ryan Sibley Jan 5, 2012 1:04 p.m.
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8. Bills designed to alter or repeal Dodd-Frank

   By Ryan Sibley Jul 19, 2011 11:21 a.m.

   When Republicans took over the House after the mid-term elections in 2010, one of the first things on the agenda for some members was to alter or repeal the sweeping financial reform passed by the previous Congress.

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9. Major banks use one lobbyist to team up on Dodd-Frank

   By Ryan Sibley May 24, 2011 11:25 a.m.

   The international law firm, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton LLP, is lobbying Congress on behalf of three of the world’s biggest financial institutions regarding the derivatives market -- one of the major issues tackled by the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, according to disclosure forms filed this year.

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10. Freshman lawmaker works to repeal transparency effort in Dodd-Frank

    By Ryan Sibley May 12, 2011 2:48 p.m.

    Last week members of the Capital Markets Subcommittee forwarded legislation to repeal a portion of Dodd-Frank that requires big banks to disclose income information for all of its employees onto the full Committee on Financial Services for consideration. 

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11. Wall Street revolver takes regulatory insight to Bank of America

    By Ryan Sibley Apr 18, 2011 1:55 p.m.

    One Wall Street revolver will continue a very successful post-regulatory agency career with a newly created position at Bank of America, the nation's largest bank.

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12. Lobbyists move into unlimited money territory

    By Ryan Sibley Mar 29, 2011 10:44 a.m.

    Jeffery Scott Bensing, a registered lobbyist and former Chief of Staff to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., filed paperwork in January with the Federal Election Commission to create the Freedom Path Action Network, a new independent expenditure only committee.These committees--also known as Super PACs because they can raise unlimited funds from any source and spend it to support or oppose federal candidates--played critical roles in some races in the 2010 mid-term elections.

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13. Bernanke is positive about economy, despite poor markets

    By Ryan Sibley Mar 1, 2011 6:17 p.m.

    The Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, said he believes the economy will continue to grow this year despite high unemployment rates, weak job growth and an “exceptionally weak housing sector”.

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14. Big lobbyists battle for big and small clients over Dodd Frank fee cap

    By Ryan Sibley Feb 11, 2011 11:07 a.m.

    As the House Committee on Financial Services readies for next week's hearings to discuss new regulations for the banking industry, lobbyists lined up to battle over the changes, extending a battle between small banks, big banks and big retailers.

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Investigations by Sunlight Foundation reporter Ryan Sibley