She reported the purchase months after making it, an apparent violation of federal law.
Donald Shaw
Donald Shaw is a money-in-politics reporter and a co-founder of Sludge.
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‘Dark Money’ Groups Battle Online Over Reconciliation Bill
Digital ad network portals provide a view of the ad wars around the Build Back Better Act.
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The Secretive Group Steering the Dems
The Democratic caucus group that puts corporate Dems in key committee seats won’t release its rules or disclose its members.
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Manchin Poised to Profit From Mine Reclamation Funding He Championed
Enersystems, Joe Manchin’s family coal company, has contracts with the only power plant in West Virginia that burns coal from reclaimed mine projects.
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The DCCC’s Top Bundler Is an Oil Lobbyist
Zachary Pfister goes to bat for the American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s most powerful lobbying group.
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Fossil Fuel–Funded Think Tank Takes Tonko to Coal Country
Congressional exchanges that overlook the climate crisis
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Clyburn’s Corporate Foundation
How to earn goodwill with one of the most powerful members of Congress
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Companies Signing Voting Rights Statement Are Members of Anti–H.R. 1 Lobbying Group
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned U.S. senators against voting for the Democrats’ election reform bill.
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‘Problem Solvers’ Threaten Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Over Rich-Donor Tax Break
After raising millions from corporate executives through joint fundraising committees, Problem Solvers Caucus members are threatening to block Biden’s infrastructure package unless a tax cut for the rich gets added.
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Astroturf Campaign Attacks Discount Drug Program for the Poor
An anti–government waste group is helping its Big Pharma funder oppose a discount drug program that doesn’t cost the government a penny.