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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Andrew Perez and Anna Massoglia
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May 17, 2019
The conservative “dark money” organization that spearheaded controversial Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation received $22 million in anonymous donations in the year before the 2018 court fight.
Andrew Perez
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May 14, 2019
A “dark money” organization designed to help Democrats win rural votes in 2020 is getting support from anti-“Medicare for All” forces -- and pushing their message with a pair of former Democratic senators.
Frank Bass
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May 10, 2019
House members who opposed a measure to block the Trump administration from abandoning an international agreement to mitigate climate change received three times more money from the nation’s major oil and gas companies than the bill’s supporters.
Andrew Perez and Frank Bass
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A foundation funded by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her billionaire husband gave or pledged almost $3.2 million to conservative nonprofits during her first year in office, including gifts to politically oriented organizations that favor school choice, oppose abortion, and question the urgency in mitigating climate change.
Margaret Sessa-Hawkins and Hamsini Sridharan
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May 08, 2019
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Andrew Perez and Lee Fang
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May 06, 2019
Joe Biden pledged to reject contributions from lobbyists and corporate PACs, but he has quietly taken in more than $30,000 in donations from corporate interests through a political action committee that he created in 2017.
Tim Zelina and Andrew Perez
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May 01, 2019
Two oil and gas companies with extensive interests in Colorado donated $1.7 million to a Republican “dark money” organization last year while it was working to defeat the state’s Democratic candidate for governor, Jared Polis.