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Play ball! How MLB teams rank in political giving
By Lindsay Young, Kathy Kiely and Bill Allison Apr 5, 2012 9:03 a.m.It's opening day of Major League Baseball's 2012 season, so Sunlight has decided to take a look at which teams are the heaviest hitters when it comes to political giving.
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OCE report on financial reform shows nexus between fundraising and legislating
By Keenan Steiner and Anupama Narayanswamy Feb 7, 2011 2:41 p.m.On Nov. 24, 2009, Sara Conrad, the fundraising consultant for Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., sent an email to Michael Stein, head of government relations for financial services giant Morgan Stanley, inviting him to attend a Dec. 10 fundraising reception for Crowley’s campaign. The email was a follow-up to a prior conversation he had with Crowley’s chief of staff, Kate Winkler, about the Ways and Means Committee member's upcoming campaign events.
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House to charge Charlie Rangel with ethics violations
By Bill Allison Jul 22, 2010 6:06 p.m.Despite his oft repeated assertions to the contrary, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., will be charged by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for as yet unspecified violations of congressional ethics rules.
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Matching bundlers to fundraisers
By Lisa Chiu Jun 3, 2010 11:29 a.m.Here at the Reporting Group, we’ve always wanted to tie the fundraising invitations in our Party Time database to actual donations reported to the Federal Election Commission by a politician or a political action committee--to be able to show a donor gave money to a politician at a certain event.
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Financial reform fundraising: Are lobbyists for Wall St. firms hosting hundreds of events for lawmakers?
By Anupama Narayanswamy May 11, 2010 1:31 p.m.Sam Geduldig, a lobbyist for high profile financial firms, banks and credit card companies who has the ability to "kill legislative threats to his clients," is listed as a host on 18 invitations to fundraisers for Republican members of Congress and their leadership committees, a Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group review of Party Time data from January 2009 to the present has found.
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Bad dates: ProPublica notes lack of accuracy in campaign finance data
By Bill Allison May 3, 2010 12:09 p.m.ProPublica's Sebastian Jones notes what for us has been one of the most maddening features of campaign finance data: the dates don't mean very much at all. Campaigns report when they receive money, and political action committees report when they donate it. In theory, those dates should match, but as Jones points out, they don't:
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Financial reform lobbyists host fundraisers for senators
By Lisa Chiu and Elham Khatami Apr 22, 2010 2:47 p.m.
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Cram down look ups, cont. cont....
By Bill Allison May 13, 2009 3:32 p.m.For more detail on what this is, see here. While this is still partially that, it's also turning into something else. As I noted, this is raw research, not a finished product--results to come. One thing I'm finding is that looking closely at slices of data from Party Time leads in all kinds of directions...
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Specter ramps up the fundraising
By Bill Allison Mar 25, 2009 7:53 p.m.In the whirlwind of fundraising parties this month"as of today we've collected 428 invitations for this month and counting"Sen. Arlen Specter stands above his peers, with a dozen parties scheduled in March and more beyond.
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Financial crisis doesn't disrupt financial fundraisers
By Bill Allison Mar 20, 2009 3:10 p.m."As the public boils with anger over millions of dollars in retention bonuses for American Insurance Group employees, financial interests quietly continue to woo lawmakers with fundraising parties this month.
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Dodd's tbd fundraising reception
By Bill Allison Mar 17, 2009 6:31 p.m.Facing what looks like a tougher-than-expected reelection effort, Sen. Christopher Dodd has a fundraiser scheduled for tomorrow evening, March 18, at a location "TBD." (click the link to see the invite) Dodd is asking "hosts" to pony up $10,000 (PACs will be the hosts, and they'll be asked to give $5,000 for the primary and $5,000 for the general election, maxing out in March for an election twenty months away. To be a co-host, a PAC can contribute $5,000, while individuals can get in the door (which door?) for a mere $1,000.
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Are the parties over?
By Bill Allison Sep 1, 2008 2:33 a.m.Republican presidential nominee John McCain has apparently cancelled all but the most essential official convention activities due Hurricane Gustav's menacing approach toward the Gulf Coast. That means Monday will have none of the normal convention hullabaloo -- the customary succession of speeches (President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had already cancelled their appearances) will be foregone.
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