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Bundlers, Lobbyists, and Access: What Studies Show About Big-Money Influence
Recent academic studies have found that large contributions do work to ensure access for corporate lobbyists and that fundraising influences key committee assignments.
Here Are the Corporate Elites Hosting Biden’s Manhattan Fundraisers
More than a dozen high-powered lawyers and executives, including the man who inspired Gordon Gekko, will help “Middle-Class Joe” raise campaign cash in early January.
Buttigieg Bundler is a Natural Gas Consultant at McKinsey
No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge organizers say the bundler’s personal contribution breaks the spirit of the pledge.
🚨 SLUDGE REPORT MIXTAPE: Vineyard Fundraisers, Sheep Murder, and Ivanka Jewelry 🚨
Your regular summary of the most shameful corruption in politics.
Joe Biden’s Campaign Co-Chair is a Big Oil and Gas Booster
Rep. Cedric Richmond, the Biden campaign’s national co-chair, has one of the most pro-industry voting records on fossil fuel issues among all congressional Democrats.
Blue Dog Consultant Working With Anti-Health Care Reform Lobbying Group
Kristen Hawn, a communications consultant, appears on emails with industry-backed groups strategizing against health care changes.
Pharma-Funded 'Dark Money' Group Hosts House Staffers for California Junket
The staffers, several of whom work for reps on the subcommittee overseeing pharmaceuticals, met with executives from drug companies Merck and Genentech.
Lawyers Defending ExxonMobil Are Big Biden Donors
Two of the Paul Weiss attorneys who successfully defended ExxonMobil in New York against charges that it hid costs related to climate change have given maximum donations to former Vice President Joe Biden.
🚨 SLUDGE REPORT SPECIAL: Billionaires Are...Actually Good For Democracy? 🚨
This special edition focuses on some interesting developments in the Democratic presidential primary.