Co-Chair of Conservative Blue Dogs Hosts Fundraiser for Joe Biden
The Blue Dog Coalition, led by Biden fundraiser Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.), often votes with Republicans to block Democratic policies.
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Democratic Party Backs ALEC-Tied Rep Against Progressive Challenger
Arizona Democrat Rep. Tom O’Halleran is an alumnus of corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council, but Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and the DCCC are helping him beat back a primary challenge from Democrat Eva Putzova.
Buttigieg Bundler Is an Executive at Vulture Fund Holding Puerto Rican Debt
William Rahm, a senior managing director at the "vulture fund" Centerbridge Partners, was omitted from the original bundler list released by the Buttigieg campaign.
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.
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Your regular summary of the most shameful corruption in politics.
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.
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This special edition focuses on some interesting developments in the Democratic presidential primary.
Here Are the Lobbyists and Corporate Execs Collecting Checks for Pete Buttigieg
As the Buttigieg campaign stops releasing its bundler names and blocks press from fundraising events, here are some of the pharmaceutical and finance executives behind its rise in the big money race, and three attorneys whose donations were returned.