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Beatty and Gottheimer Funnel Private Equity Donations Through Pop-up Committee

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The reps had campaigned to overturn a Trump-era tax hike on the wealthiest Americans.

From Sludge
On February 3, 2022
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House Democrats’ New Anti-Progressive PAC Is Funded by Corporate Lobbyists and PACs

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Over half of the funds raised by Team Blue PAC in the second half of last year came from corporate PACs.

From Sludge
On February 1, 2022
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Manchin Sits on Foundation Board With Lobbyists

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Joe Manchin, one of the errant Democrats blocking President Biden’s agenda in the Senate, is well known for having close ties to the Big Business political influence machine. He’s a former state chairman and national director of the corporate political influence group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and a top recipient of PAC money from […]

From Sludge
On January 27, 2022
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Biden’s Million-Dollar Inaugural Donors Lobbied Against His Agenda

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The Business Roundtable increased its lobbying spending last year by 70% over the previous year as its members pushed for the infrastructure bill.

From Sludge
On January 25, 2022
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Biden Re-Nominates Trump Pick and GOP Donor Jennifer Rearden as a Federal Judge

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President Joe Biden yesterday nominated a slate of judges, including a controversial selection in Jennifer Rearden, who was first nominated for the federal bench by former President Donald Trump.  Rearden, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP with the firm’s litigation and crisis management practices group, was nominated by Biden to serve as a […]

From Sludge
On January 20, 2022
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Corporate Consultants Voted for New Lobbyists on the DNC

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Executives at well-connected corporate consultancies voted to approve DNC Chair Jaime Harrison's slate of "at-large" members, which included several new corporate lobbyists.

From Sludge
On January 18, 2022
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Ossoff to Intro Bill to Ban Members of Congress and Their Spouses From Trading Stocks

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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is planning a bill to ban stock trading by federal lawmakers and their spouses, but it faces an uphill battle this year.

From Sludge
On January 11, 2022
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Jan. 6 Foreshadowed in the Conspiracies of Tea Party Protests

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The election assaults of pro-Trump Republicans can be traced back to the conspiracy theories of the Tea Party protests and gerrymandering by GOP legislators.

From Sludge
On January 4, 2022
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Leading Congressional Stock Trading Ban Bill Has Spouse Loophole

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Dozens of members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, have signed onto bills that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks, something that more than two-thirds of Americans want, according to a bipartisan poll recently conducted by the Campaign Legal Center. But most of those lawmakers have gotten behind a bill that would keep […]

From Sludge
On December 30, 2021
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Senators Against Generic Covid-19 Vaccines Have Gotten 2x Pharma Cash

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In May, a group of 18 Republican senators sought to block U.S. support for an IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, one that is fiercely opposed by the pharmaceutical industry.

From Sludge
On December 20, 2021
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Dems Spent Half of 2021 Blocked by Filibusters of Voting Rights Bills

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Democracy activists are calling on the Biden White House to join talks about how the Senate can pass the Freedom to Vote Act this year.

From Sludge
On December 14, 2021
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The Bank-Funded Dems That Spiked Omarova’s Nomination

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Biden’s pick for leading the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova, withdrew from the nominating process this week. Omarova, who was raised in the Soviet Union, was repeatedly attacked by Banking Committee Republicans as a communist, but that’s not why she was forced to withdraw.  Omarova had to withdraw because several bank-funded […]

From Sludge
On December 8, 2021
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Barrett’s Ridiculous Abortion Case Conflicts

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SCOTUS judges get to decide their own recusals.

From Sludge
On December 2, 2021
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