Great catch at Think Progress.
In 2004, Rove benefited from a similar avalanche of outside money in his quest to help secure President Bush’s re-election. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were funded in part by Texas homebuilder Bob Perry, who is now funding Rove’s new group....
After the 2004...
The Washington Independent has an interesting comparison between the NY Times story on Chamber spending (I wrote about it here) and a story from the Wall Street Journal.
The Times’ piece digs into corporate tax filings and finds that while the Chamber claims 300,000 members, nearly half of its $140...
This is an encouraging development from the New York Times--actually investigative journalism and reporting on the Chamber of Commerce, the companies who fund it, and their political and policy fights.
The key point: "These records show that while the chamber boasts of representing more than three million businesses, and having approximately 300,000 members,...
This new report from the Service Employees International Union, Campaign for America’s Future and the Public Accountability Initiative is profoundly disturbing, especially in the midst of the Wall Street reform debate.
Throughout the financial reform debate, the finance industry has waged an unprecedented assault on the democratic process, spending an estimated $1.4...
Dems are continuing the push for Wall Street reform, and will hold another cloture vote on proceeding today at 4:30, giving the Republicans another chance to show their fealty to Wall Street. If Republicans block today, Reid will bring it back up Thursday, and will keep bringing it back.
Dems believe that...
