With These Hires, Congress Becomes Even More Like a Corporation With These Hires, Congress Becomes Even More Like a Corporation
Several former lobbyists and executives are working crucial staff positions in the new Congress.
Climate Deniers: Poor Countries Came to Lima for the Money Climate Deniers: Poor Countries Came to Lima for the Money
Advocates for countries most affected by climate change are outraged.
Dec 12, 2014 / Lee Fang
A Kentucky Congressman Goes to Bat for His Wife’s Company on Capitol Hill A Kentucky Congressman Goes to Bat for His Wife’s Company on Capitol Hill
Has Republican Ed Whitfield unethically supported the interests of his wife’s firm?
Nov 17, 2014 / Lee Fang
Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen
Executive action could eradicate dark-money flows through government contractors.
Nov 10, 2014 / Lee Fang
Gerrymandering Rigged the 2014 Elections for Republican Advantage Gerrymandering Rigged the 2014 Elections for Republican Advantage
In Pennsylvania, Democrats won almost half the votes, but a far lesser percentage of the House seats.
Nov 5, 2014 / Lee Fang
Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company
After drugs were found aboard the Ping May, a vessel owned by his wife’s family’s company, Colombian authorities are investigating.
Oct 30, 2014 / Lee Fang
If the GOP Takes the Senate, Climate-Change Deniers Will Control Key Committees If the GOP Takes the Senate, Climate-Change Deniers Will Control Key Committees
A Republican Senate could threaten the EPA and reverse some environmental policy gains.
Oct 27, 2014 / Lee Fang
Revealed: A New Ethics Scandal Involving the GOP’s South Dakota Senate Candidate Revealed: A New Ethics Scandal Involving the GOP’s South Dakota Senate Candidate
Documents obtained by The Nation show former Governor Mike Rounds’s campaign manager may have improperly awarded state economic incentives to firms in which he and the candidate he...
Oct 23, 2014 / Lee Fang
How Mitch McConnell Is Bending Every Last Campaign Finance Rule How Mitch McConnell Is Bending Every Last Campaign Finance Rule
Post–Citizens United, candidates aren’t supposed to coordinate with “outside” spending groups—but even that minimal restriction isn’t being enforced.
Mitch McConnell Will Say Anything for a Ham Mitch McConnell Will Say Anything for a Ham
Mitch McConnell isn’t a stranger to doubting science—he also pushed back on medical anti-smoking claims while accepting lavish industry gifts.
Oct 21, 2014 / Lee Fang