You can get the latest from the Center by tuning in to our podcast series, the Public I, now offered every two weeks.

In our latest podcast, the Center’s Executive Director Bill Buzenberg discusses the hard realities that will test the Obama Administration’s desire to change the way Washington works. From reducing congressional earmarks to enacting reforms on health care and climate change, special interest cash continues to flood the city.

And then there’s the economy. Perhaps the most egregious example of big money’s influence over Congress is the financial services sector. From the 1980s until today, nearly every piece of banking legislation has favored deregulation and other measures that contributed directly to our current financial crisis. These actions were taken despite clear warnings of the possible consequences.

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