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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Andrew Perez
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July 24, 2018
America’s largest private prison company may have made an illegal donation to a super PAC backing Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign for Senate, according to campaign finance experts.
Frank Bass
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July 17, 2018
The Treasury Department announced late Monday that it will stop requiring 501(c)(4) and (c)(6) nonprofit organizations to provide the names of their donors to the Internal Revenue Service.
Frank Bass
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July 12, 2018
Three of the largest infant formula companies -- U.S.-based Abbott Laboratories, Swiss-based Nestle, and U.K.-based Reckitt Benckiser -- have spent $60.7 million lobbying U.S. lawmakers and officials during the last decade.
Alec Saslow and Laura Curlin
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July 10, 2018
Corporate political action committees have contributed to 30 percent of all federal candidates in the 2018 election cycle, according to a new MapLight analysis.
Frank Bass
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July 06, 2018
More than one-third of lobbyists who have registered as foreign agents with the Justice Department since President Donald Trump took office are representing countries with Trump-related business interests.
Andrew Perez
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July 05, 2018
The public may never know whose money helped secure Gorsuch’s confirmation -- or whose money will ensure a lifetime appointment to the next Trump nominee.
Laura Curlin and Alec Saslow
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June 29, 2018
California’s major internet service providers and their trade association have contributed more than $1 million to members of the California Assembly since January 2017.