Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

1. Moody's has most employees leaving through revolving door

   By Stevie Mathieu Nov 16, 2011 10:29 a.m.

   Moody's credit rating service -- one of the major credit rating agencies that was cited as a contributor to the 2008 financial meltdown -- has more employees go through the revolving door to work at companies they used to rate than any other credit rating agency, according to new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings required under the Dodd-Frank financial law.

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2. Nonprofit groups target super committee with billboard ads, don't disclose donors

   By Stevie Mathieu Nov 1, 2011 2:13 p.m.

   With so many vying for the attention of the 12 lawmakers charged with cutting up to $1.5 trillion from the nation's deficit, some groups have turned to plastering their messages to the "super committee" on billboards. 

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3. What happens in Vegas helps determine the Republican presidential nominee

   By Stevie Mathieu Oct 17, 2011 10:16 a.m.

   Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be slipping in the polls, but his fundraising prowess is keeping him among those to watch at Tuesday night's Republican debate in Las Vegas.

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4. SEC 'revolving door' data online but useful information redacted

   By Stevie Mathieu Oct 11, 2011 10:48 a.m.

   The revolving door has been swinging rapidly for employees leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission to work in the private sector to represent big companies in actions brought by the agency. But while the commission gathers post-employment information from former employees, it does not make this information readily available.

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5. Comments on Dodd-Frank's position limits rule came from petroleum marketing, airline industries

   By Stevie Mathieu Sep 14, 2011 10:40 a.m.

   A handful of groups--including some backed by petroleum marketing firms, airlines and unions--were responsible for the great majority of some 13,000 comment letters sent to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission about a single proposed regulation mandated by Dodd-Frank, according to an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation.

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6. Sunlight Live to cover first-ever Tea Party hosted debate in Florida

   By Stevie Mathieu Sep 9, 2011 10:23 a.m.

   Republican presidential candidates will face off before some of their fiscally conservative, libertarian Tea Party allies on Monday night during a debate in Florida sponsored by the Tea Party Express and CNN. It's the first time the Tea Party has hosted a presidential debate.

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7. Sunlight Live to cover the Republican showdown in Iowa

   By Stevie Mathieu Aug 9, 2011 11:43 a.m.

   In the fight to determine who will face President Obama in the 2012 election, Republican candidates will square off again this Thursday in Ames, Iowa, days before the straw poll. It will be the first debate since the latest campaign finance reports have been filed, showing Mitt Romney with a substantial financial lead over his competitors.

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8. Sunlight Live to cover Tuesday's Senate hearing on finance reform

   By Stevie Mathieu Jun 27, 2011 5:41 p.m.

   Lawmakers on the Senate's Banking Committee will discuss Tuesday how to reform the housing market, focusing on smaller banks' access to the secondary mortgage market. This market includes mortgage-backed securities, the complex financial arrangements that helped topple the U.S. Economy a few years ago.

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9. A primer for tonight's presidential address on Afghanistan

   By Stevie Mathieu Jun 22, 2011 11:32 a.m.

   President Obama will unveil his plan tonight for pulling out the roughly 30,000 troops sent to Afghanistan during the December 2009 troop surge. While all kinds of factors go into foreign policy decisions, especially when it comes to putting troops in harm's way, it's worth noting that the Afghanistan operation has been the subject of intensive lobbying, has been prone to fraud, waste and abuse in federal contracting and raises issues of government accountability. 

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10. Sunlight Live to cover Senate hearing on Clean Air Act Wednesday

    By Stevie Mathieu Jun 14, 2011 11:28 a.m.

    Lawmakers on the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee will meet Wednesday, June 15, to hear from experts on public health as it relates to the longstanding Clean Air Act.

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Investigations by Sunlight Foundation reporter Stevie Mathieu