GOP Closets
You think you have skeletons in your closet?
Foreign Influence: Inappropriate for Lawmakers Tasked with Shrinking the Deficit
The supercommittee’s members shouldn’t accept campaign contributions from lobbyists representing foreign governments or companies.
Lobbying the Supercommittee
No moneybags, no service.
How Corporations Built to Loot Lobby to Win
With a small army of lobbyists, WIN America corporations twist politicians into giving them tax breaks that hurt the rest of us.
Runaway CEO Pay Helped Create the Economic Crisis; So Why Are Politicians Still Covering For Rich Execs?
A new study looks at the worst executive excesses – while Congress continues to help CEOs hide their outrageous pay rates from the public.
Fracking the IRS
CEOs are routinely rewarded for tax-dodging gymnastics.
Tar Sands Pipeline Goes Beyond Even the Usual Environmental Stupidity — And That’s Why We Really Need to Fight Back
Here’s three reasons why the pipeline is truly idiotic and why I’m willing to get arrested to stop it.
How to Make the Super Congress Open and Accountable
The last thing we need is an all-powerful congressional committee allowed to make crucial spending decisions without the scrutiny of an engaged citizenry and press.
Pakistan’s K — as in Kashmir — Street
A Washington nonprofit funnels money from Pakistan’s ISI to lobby Congress on Kashmir.
Tea Party Rebels Quickly Tamed
Faster than you can say “business as usual,” freshman Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have begun to execute Wall Street’s agenda.
Tea Partiers March to Lobbyists’ Tune
We’re open for Business.
Nukes: You Can Never Turn Your Back
The best way to protect ourselves from deadly radioactivity is to get rid of the stuff altogether.
Reining in Wall Street: Round 1
A May 17 rally in Washington, DC brought more than a thousand people into the streets, calling for a “financial speculation tax” as part of a broader financial reform agenda.
K Street Showdown in Washington, DC
What went down on May 17th, when labor and justice groups organized a rally against lobbyists.
Main Street Protests Wall Street and K Street
A firsthand account of the showdown.