Even if the two Aguilars are unconnected, reasonable doubts about coordination exist. Voters should be asking what this “ground campaign” created by the Restoring Our Community Super PAC is, and what relationship it bears to the official Pete Aguilar for Congress campaign. What were Cynthia Aguilar and the other “ground campaign” workers being paid to do, other than just being on the ground?

Connie Mack was supposed to use the extra day’s recess given to Congress this week to go back down to Florida and meet with constituents. Instead, he went to New York City instead of going back to Florida. On Mack’s agenda: Meet with corporate lobbyists at a swank Manhattan restaurant.

like everyone outside the Washington D.C. elite, we were not sent an invitation to Grimm’s private cigar club meeting. We will note that Congressman Grimm is explicitly asking for $1,000 from industry-affiliated political action committees in exchange for his company tonight.

Astellas, AKA Asuterasu Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha, doesn’t want to play by the rules we have here in America. The Japanese pharmaceuticals company doesn’t want to help create jobs in the USA. Instead, it expects to be able to make some payments to a U.S. Congressman, who will introduce legislation to help them evade American manufacturing. Bob Dold is willing to play along with this game.

Today, John Barrasso met with representatives of the oil and gas industry who paid Barrasso money in exchange for the opportunity to talk with him about legislative issues. During his time in Washington D.C., Barrasso has taken almost half a million dollars from big oil companies.

The fundraiser specifically organized payments to Spencer Bachus from the banking industry for a reason. The reason is that Spencer Bachus is the chair of the House Financial Services Committee.

Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick of the 8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania introduced a new bill at the beginning of 2012. If passed, H.R. 3738 would take the current 1-year waiting period before former House members can join lobbying firms and extend it to 2 years. In the House of Representatives, fellow legislators indicate their support for [...]

2012: Republican Representative Spencer Bachus declines to support H.R. 336, a bill to cap credit card interest rates. 2011: Rep. Spencer Bachus votes to knock away the requirement that federal contracts pay Americans workers at least the prevailing wage for their work, supporting pay cuts for federal contract workers instead. 2011: Rep. Spencer Bachus votes [...]

The Federal Election Commission has concluded that Vern Buchanan “more likely than not” broke the law. A FEC report presents evidence substantiating the complaint against Buchanan, contradicting Buchanan’s claims that he hadn’t done anything wrong.

Wisconsin Republican Mark Neumann is campaigning to replace Herb Kohl in the United States Senate in next year’s election. Neumann criticizes other politicians easily, saying that they’re “threatening it all by pandering”. Yet, even before he’s gained his own party’s nomination, Neumann is pandering himself – to corporate lobbyists. The day after tomorrow, Neumann will [...]