Posts from Sludge

Over 50 members of Congress are calling on President Biden to "significantly" cut military spending in next year's budget and invest in social needs.

Republican reps took a posh trip to Miami to hear messaging strategy from a conservative nonprofit.

Opaque state subsidies of more than $4.4 billion per year have helped Gov. Cuomo to consolidate his political power over the past decade.

Corporate PAC money helps bank owner and representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) keep his seat as top Republican on the panel overseeing bank regulators and banking law.

As he serves on the subcommittee overseeing ports of entry, Richard Blumenthal’s wife is investing in a cargo security company that says it is the only company that can satisfy the scanning requirements recommended by Congress.

A case study in North Carolina

Kyrsten Sinema got two awards from the US Chamber of Commerce recently.

House Democrats' reform bill would let anyone follow the money behind election ads.

Her amendment would gut the heart of H.R. 1.

The F-35 program could soon be scaled back—and possibly phased out—after gobbling up hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars.

Newsom requested $226 million in donations in 2020.

A new report found that ExxonMobil and GM led big business groups in supporting rules that made it harder for shareholders to submit proposals.

A conservative think tank funded in part by the fossil fuel industry put out a cost estimate seemingly intended to cause sticker shock atop search results.