Posts from Sludge

Big companies donated to climate deniers in Congress – even while claiming to care about climate change. When those same lawmakers denied the results of the election, the bill came due.

Luria was recently elected vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee after taking contributions from the PACs of several defense contractors to pay off her campaign's debt.

The oil supermajor’s first ever report on its political activities greenwashes its own shareholders.

Manchin said the rules change would ensure "the views of regular Americans are better represented in the Senate."

The infamous corporate lobbyist is still kneecapping workers' rights.

After dropping out, Mayor Pete and Chasten got book deals while the former candidate morphed his campaign into a PAC complete with a dark money affiliate.

Dozens of companies paused their PAC donations to Republican election objectors, but a loophole might continue sending them funds through corporate trade associations.

Trump staffers are worried that the insurrection might hurt their career opportunities, but many of their former colleagues had no trouble finding nice jobs in the political influence industry.

They got a lot of attention for agreeing to work together on a bill to close the revolving door, but they never actually did what they said they would.

Sludge obtained two memos sent by the DNC to national members outlining the election rules for the next party chair.

The pro-Trump protests were the culmination of over a decade of investment in conservative groups by the right-wing Koch network and large corporations.

Blinken recently worked as a consultant for companies with business before the department.

A startup watchdog group beat back legislation that would have allowed corporate trade groups that lobby the government to access PPP funding.