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Companies pay to honor Clyburn, other Super Committee members, at charity events
By Keenan Steiner Aug 19, 2011 11:15 a.m.Lobbyists can not only attempt to influence members of the deficit-cutting super committee by donating to their campaign, but they also have another tool: giving to good causes that honor them.
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Medicare and the Super Committee: Can doctors afford to lose two percent of their payments?
By Sarah Dorsey Aug 19, 2011 10:08 a.m.Medicare and other health care services could see their funds drained in any number of ways as, over the next few months, the congressional Joint Committee on Debt Reduction--better known as the "super committee"--looks for ways to reduce the national debt.
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Shining a Bright New Light on an Old Game
By Larry Makinson Oct 1, 2009 9:33 p.m.Jaws dropped around the Sunlight offices a couple of weeks ago, when we discovered after a month's worth of painstaking research the extent to which lobbyist donations were echoing, and in some cases greatly supplementing, the campaign contributions of their clients.
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Looking up cram down opponents in Party Time
By Bill Allison May 6, 2009 10:05 p.m.This post is all research and no results -- that'll come later. I wanted to take a look at a vote my colleague Paul Blumenthal referred to with the title (quoting Sen. Richard Durbin) "They own the place." The "they" in question are financial sector firms, the place is Congress; at issue is a bill, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 -- or rather, an amendment to that bill -- that was voted down by a 51-45 margin.
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Financial Bailout: Deal hammered out?
By Bill Allison Sep 28, 2008 5:49 a.m.That's what a series of members are saying on a press conference I happened to tune into a few moments ago -- there's an agreement, but details have to be worked out (including getting it all down on paper).
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