The Pro-Israel Freakout The Pro-Israel Freakout
Censorship at Jewish museums and a crude new anti–J Street documentary suggest a pro-Israel establishment in a panic.
Feb 21, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Chevron’s Lobbyist Now Runs the Congressional Science Committee Chevron’s Lobbyist Now Runs the Congressional Science Committee
The oil industry is getting increasingly cozy with the Committee, which has undermined efforts to tackle global warming and air pollution.
Feb 21, 2014 / Lee Fang
Where Have All the Lobbyists Gone? Where Have All the Lobbyists Gone?
On paper, the influence-peddling business is drying up. But lobbying money is flooding into Washington, DC, like never before. What’s going on?
IRS Dark Money Reforms Would Curb Voter Registration, Leave Lobbying Groups Untouched IRS Dark Money Reforms Would Curb Voter Registration, Leave Lobbying Groups Untouched
The new rules proposed for 501(c)(4) issue groups may miss the mark.
Jan 10, 2014 / Lee Fang
Third Way: ‘Majority of Our Financial Support’ From Wall Street, Business Executives Third Way: ‘Majority of Our Financial Support’ From Wall Street, Business Executives
Third Way concedes that most of its money comes from Wall Street executives.
Dec 11, 2013 / Lee Fang
ALEC Opposed Divestment From South Africa’s Apartheid Regime ALEC Opposed Divestment From South Africa’s Apartheid Regime
The conservative group ALEC, now in the news, also played a role in Nelson Mandela's struggles.
Dec 6, 2013 / Lee Fang
Third Way Shares Consultant With Group Spending Big to Defeat Third Way Co-Chairs Third Way Shares Consultant With Group Spending Big to Defeat Third Way Co-Chairs
Third Way's fundraising consultant's biggest client is a group devoted to defeating Third Way Democrats.
Dec 6, 2013 / Lee Fang
GOP Donors and K Street Fuel Third Way’s Advice for the Democratic Party GOP Donors and K Street Fuel Third Way’s Advice for the Democratic Party
The Democratic think tank Third Way relies on money from corporate interests, lobbyists and Republican donors.
Dec 3, 2013 / Lee Fang
CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts
Members of Business Roundtable, a corporate lobby advocating for cuts to retirees’ benefts, have retirement acounts more than 1,200 times the size of the median American work...
Nov 19, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 2) Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 2)
Big business used to buy into the center-left consensus. Then, suddenly, it didn’t.
Nov 13, 2013 / Rick Perlstein