To Reassert Its Lost Power, Congress Must Join the 21st Century
An obscure congressional committee may help make Congress relevant again.
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These Corporations and Public Charities Funded the State Abortion Bans
A Sludge investigation has uncovered the sources of millions of dollars behind advocacy efforts to pass a slew of state abortion bans this year.
Richard Neal Tells Colleagues Not to Say ‘Medicare for All’ After Taking Checks from the Health Industry
Neal’s recent contributors include multiple companies represented in anti-Medicare for All lobbying group the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future.
Sludge Turns One
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As He Blocks Election Security Bills, McConnell Takes Checks from Voting Machine Lobbyists
The bills McConnell is blocking would subject the voting machine vendors to new cybersecurity regulations and could reduce their overall sales to states.
Presidential Candidate Who Attacked Medicare for All is Invested in Health Care Companies
Former Rep. John Delaney assailed Medicare for All and asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to debate him. Turns out he has a financial stake in the for-profit health care industry.
SLUDGE REPORT: How to Profit From the Trump Presidency
Your biweekly summary of the most shameful corruption in politics.
Koch Network Alums Are Going Full-On White Nationalist
Two young men with links to Charles Koch-funded academic and political operations were recently outed as members of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa.
To Quash Green New Deal, Big Oil Pushes a Corporate-Friendly Carbon Tax
Backed by top global corporate powerhouses, the plan is driven by an industry-friendly logic firmly within the bounds of the neoliberal imagination.
McConnell’s Tobacco 21 Bill Exposes States to Big Tobacco's Wishlist
McConnell has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the tobacco industry, and some of his former staffers now lobby for tobacco giant Altria.