Late last year, U.S. Representative Rob Bishop voted in favor of H.R. 2273, a law that prevents regulations to protect American communities from toxic pollutants contained in coal ash from being implemented. Three days from now, the coal industry is giving Rob Bishop his reward.

“I am committed to working with my colleagues to restrain spending,” says U.S. Representative Michael Conaway, from the 11th congressional district of Texas. What kind of spending does Conaway want to restrain? Michael Conaway wants to restrain spending on Medicare, the program that provides medicine to America’s senior citizens. In fact, Conaway voted to eliminate [...]

The REALTORS Political Action Committee, the Real Estate Investment Trusts PAC, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Multi Housing Council Mortgage Bankers Association PAC, and the Associated General Contractors PAC will each be bringing $2,500 to hand to Senator Corker.

For the meeting organized by Adcock, Van Scoyoc and Spectra Energy, Laura Rizzo from the Brown re-election campaign openly asked that political action committees come with at least one thousand dollars each for the senator.

Before the next session of Congress even has a chance to begin, these members of Congress, and many others, are already preparing to take time away from their work on the nation’s business in order to get money from corporations and meet with lobbyists.

Every day that Restore America’s Voice ran its Yahoo ad, only a handful of people bothered to click on it. On two days during the campaign, no one bothered to click on the advertisement at all.

Jim Jordan’s tailgate party was an invitation-only affair, and it took place in a Washington D.C. townhouse owned by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. That organization just so happened to have lobbied in opposition to the health care reform that Representative Jordan just so happened to have voted against. Now, that organization is just so happening to help Jordan raise money for his re-election campaign.

Raul Labrador specifically asked for payments of $2,500 from industry-aligned political action committees in exchange for a special “host” position of access at the meeting.

Suzanne Kosmas is holding a Financial Services Dinner fundraiser tomorrow night, with most of the guests likely to come from the financial services industry. Kosmas sits on the House Financial Services Committee.

Tomorrow night, Senator Pat Roberts Roberts plans to attend a special ocean-themed benefit dinner. Of course, the dinner benefits Roberts himself, not any Gulf shore relief organization.