Greg Walden doesn’t appear to spend much time working for constituents back in Oregon, but he seems to have plenty of time for people from the corporate world who are ready to hand him money.

The Des Moines Tea Party is neither registered federally with the FEC or IRS as a political organization, nor at the state level with the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board. This makes the finances of the Des Moines Tea Party somewhat shadowy. Nevertheless, it has come out swinging in the Iowa 3rd District congressional [...]

In the face of the environmental disaster facing his Gulf coast state, why would Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi agitate for an immediate end to a six-month moratorium on new deep water oil drilling? Why don’t you ask Senator Wicker himself? He’s available to talk to at the finest upscale Washington, DC dining establishments: establishments [...]

If Laura Richardson is corrupt, she isn’t doing a very good job of it. The most recent campaign finance reports for Richardson’s re-election campaign show that her campaign has $80,000 cash on hand, and $410,000 in debts.

Congressman Patrick Murphy will tell the people of the 8th congressional district that he’s working for them, but then, it isn’t the people of the 8th congressional district that Murphy is meeting with tonight

On Tuesday, instead of getting out of bed to a bowl of cold cereal, like most Americans will, Representative Wasserman Schultz will go to have breakfast at the offices of the Glover Park Group lobbying firm.

Some special assistance from Pinnacle West Capital came to Harry Mitchell just as the congressman was about to make his final decisions about the American Clean Energy Security Act.

What sort of people do you think that Bobby Bright met at the offices of the Nuclear Energy Institute fundraiser that day? Do you think that there were any opponents of nuclear energy there?

What on earth did the people meeting with Nathan Deal at the lobbying offices of the Stanton Park Group want to buy with the money they brought him?

Ping. Pong. Ping. Pong. Back and forth go the volleys of favors between Chet Edwards and the utility corporation called Energy Future Holdings. It’s like watching a tennis game, minus the short white skirts. A visit to the Sunlight Foundation’s Political Party Time reveals only the latest whiffer to cross the net that separates corporations [...]