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Schumer Tops Durbin in Leadership and Fundraising
US Congress/Wikimedia CommonsApril 16, 2015 -- On March 27, the long-time leader of Senate Democrats, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), announced he will retire from the Senate at the end of his current term in...
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Is Money in Politics to Blame for Complicated Tax Returns?
Syda Productions/ShutterstockApril 13, 2015 -- With two days left until tax day, most Americans have already spent several hours finalizing their 2014 tax returns. For years, Congress has been sitting...
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Chamber and Google Among Top Lobbying Spenders in First Quarter of 2015
Katherine Welles/ShutterstockApril 21, 2015 -- Monday, April 20, marked the deadline for companies and organizations to file their 2015 first quarter federal lobbying disclosure reports. Below is a...
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Railroads and Oil Companies Deliver Contributions to Subcommittees Overseeing...
Scott Prokop/ShutterstockMay 13, 2015 -- On May 1, the Department of Transportation issued new regulations requiring railroad cars that transport crude oil to meet a new safety standard. The rules will...
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Defense Contractors Spend Big to Win Stealth Bomber Contract
Melissa Madia/ShutterstockMay 14, 2015 -- Last month, Politico published a detailed look at the behind-the-scenes lobbying battle beginning to play out among America’s top defense contractors. Boeing,...
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Citizens United Leads to Unprecedented Campaign Spending in Iowa
Larry Lindell/ShutterstockJune 9, 2015 -- The 2016 presidential contest is more than 17 months away, but the major party candidates have already started campaigning in Iowa. Some have yet to officially...
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Google and Facebook Spend Most on Lobbying Among Tech Firms
Joseph Sohm/ShutterstockJune 9, 2015 -- On Tuesday, June 2nd, President Obama signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which, among other things, requires the NSA to terminate its bulk data collection...
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Defense Contractors Dominate List of Top 10 PAC Contributors in 2015
Master Sgt. Ken Hammond/Wikimedia CommonsJune 11, 2015 -- This week, the Senate is debating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets the annual spending limit for the Department of...
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Industries Supporting Trade Bill Contribute Nearly Nine Times More Than...
U.S. Department of State/Wikimedia CommonsJune 13, 2015 -- On Friday, the House of Representatives voted down a trade-related provision effectively halting a major trade package, the Trade Promotion...
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What's the Cost of a Seat in the California State Legislature?
PromesaArtStudio/ShutterstockJune 24, 2015 -- It costs a lot of money to win a seat in the California State Legislature, but how much exactly? MapLight analyzed the money raised by winners of the 2014...
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Supporters of the Medical Device Tax Repeal Contributed 21 Times More Money...
sfam_photo/ShutterstockJune 17, 2015 -- Today the House of Representatives is voting on H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act, which would repeal a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices. Congress...
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Industries Supporting Trade Bill Give Nine Times More Money to Senators Than...
Rep. Louise Slaughter/Wikimedia Commons June 24, 2015 -- Later today, the Senate is expected to pass H.R. 2146, which would grant President Obama broad authority to negotiate and finalize trade...
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Iowa's Fortune 1000 Companies Spent $1.2 Million on Lobbying in Q1, 2015
Atlaspix/ShutterstockJuly 1, 2015 -- MapLight examined the political spending of Iowa’s five largest public companies, including the amount they spent lobbying Congress and federal agencies, and the...
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Record Amounts Spent by Three Top Lobbying Groups in Q2, 2015
July 30, 2015 -- On July 20th, filings on federal lobbying expenditures made between April 1, 2015 and June 30, 2015 were due to the Clerk of the US House of Representatives. MapLight analyzed the 10...
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MapLight and Secretary of State Alex Padilla Partner to Bring Political...
Secretary of State Alex Padilla, MapLight President and CoFounder Daniel G. Newman and MapLight Data Director Miriam Marks demonstrate the state’s new Power Search tool for searching political campaign...
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Senators Who Voted Against Background Checks Received More Pro-Gun Contributions
WikimediaCommonsOctober 8, 2015 -- This week, Senate Democrats will reportedly unveil new legislation that would block guns from being sold without background checks. The bill, sponsored by Senators...
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MapLight Newsletter: Flash!
Current Issue | Flash! Fall 2015Our newsletter, Flash!, is published four times a year and covers the exciting work that we're doing here at MapLight. Sign up here to receive Flash! by email. Want a...
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MapLight and Secretary of State Alex Padilla Partner to Bring Political...
Secretary of State Alex Padilla, MapLight President and CoFounder Daniel G. Newman and MapLight Data Director Miriam Marks demonstrate the state’s new Power Search tool for searching political campaign...
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Report: New Tool Reveals $80M in Independent Expenditures Spent in...
Sept. 29, 2015 -- MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that tracks money in politics, is pleased to make its California Independent Expenditures Search Engine freely available to the public....
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Huge Lobbying Increases by Insurance, Oil, and Pharmaceutical Companies in...
Joseph Sohm/ShutterstockOctober 22, 2015 -- On October 20th, filings on federal lobbying expenditures made between July 1, 2015 and September 30, 2015 were due to the Clerk of the U.S. House of...
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