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Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
Use our new Anomaly Tracker to look for data outliers -- and story ideas.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
Conservative nonprofits that received tax-exempt status since the beginning of 2010 and also filed election spending reports with the Federal Election Commission overwhelmed liberal groups in terms of money spent on politics by a factor of nearly 34-to-1.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
The real IRS scandal, Sheila Krumholz and Robert Weinberger write in today's New York Times, is not so much the targeting of tea party groups (though that was bad) but the apparent lack of oversight of tax-exempt groups that were spending major money in the last two election cycles.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
OpenSecrets.org's resources on politically active 501(c) groups, which we've been digging into for more than a year.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
A mash-up of data on bill sponsorships, campaign contributions and lobbying shows that in some cases, lawmakers have sponsored bills of interest to just one entity -- which happens to be a top contributor to the lawmaker's campaign fund.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
The anti-breast cancer group spent $140,000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2012. A year later, that had dropped to just $10,000 -- a further indication that it hasn't recovered from the debacle caused by its short-lived decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
All members of Congress get checks from outside their districts or states. But in the 2012 election cycle, at least 66 senators and House members relied on out-of-state donors for more than half of their campaign funds.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
Our second piece highlighting the abundant resources available on OpenSecrets.org.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
The candidates facing off in Tuesday's special election in South Carolina have roughly the same amount of money at their disposal. But the outside spending in the race -- fueled by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and House Majority PAC -- heavily favors Colbert Busch.
Posted 2013-05-19 14:00:55 - www.opensecrets.org
Obama announces the nominations of Penny Pritzker as Commerce Secretary and Michael Froman to be U.S. Trade Representative. Both were bundlers for his campaigns.