PaperTrail BlogPaper Trail Blog

RSS Feed

Tag : Mitch McConnell

  1. April 30, 2009, 8:00 am

    MONEY & POLITICS: Will GOP Miss Specter’s Generous Ways?

    By now, it’s old news that Senator Arlen Specter switched parties to join the Democratic majority in the Senate. Earlier this week PaperTrail took a look at the money that Specter might be giving back in the coming months, if Republicans take him up on his offer to return campaign donations “upon request” The move raises another interesting question though: Specter’s PAC has been quite generous to his former Republican caucus-mates. Will his GOP colleagues, in addition to blasting his move across the aisle, also return his PAC’s money? After all, quite a few of them have taken it. Read more

  2. April 28, 2009, 3:08 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: Arlen Specter’s Switch Could Prove Costly

    Hours after announcing his switch to the majority party in the Senate, newly minted Pennsylvania Democrat Arlen Specter has already put his fundraising team (or his future, Democratic fundraising team) in a challenging position. Read more

  3. February 27, 2009, 3:41 pm

    ENVIRONMENT: Coal-Fired Plant Under Attack, But May Still Have Some Important Backers

    On the eve of a protest planned for March 2, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have offered new support to environmentalists hoping to force the Capitol Power Plant to abandon coal entirely. But the move could still face some important obstacles. Read more

Tags

President Obama, Election '08, Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, politics, Energy, Coal Ash, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, John Murtha, Environment, Federal Election Commission, Justice Department, Tennessee, Alabama, Blue Dogs, Bill Buzenberg, Defense, New York, West Virginia, Hillary Clinton, Treasury Department, Freedom of Information Act, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Public I Podcast, Kathleen Sebelius, Congress, Federal Elections Commission, American Electric Power, Investigative Reporting Workshop, James Oberstar, Climate Change, Fannie Mae, Defense Department, Sunshine Week, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court, Government Accountability Office, Nancy Pelosi, States, John McCain, Blue Dog Coalition, Robert Gates, Government Accountability Project, Andrew Cuomo, Department of Defense, Iraq, Department of Homeland Security, Duke Energy, Freddie Mac, Broken Government, Transportation, Lamar Alexander, Tim Armstead, Arlen Specter, Deval Patrick, Southern Company, Economy, House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Henry Waxman, Mitch McConnell, President Bush, The Washington Post, Barbara Boxer, ProPublica, Orrin Hatch, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services, Brennan Center for Justice, Jon Corzine, Wisconsin, Ed Markey, Bank of America, David Patterson, Sonia Sotomayor, Lockheed Martin, Office of Management and Budget, Lisa Jackson, Idaho, Todd Tiahrt, Center for Investigative Reporting, Tobacco Underground, Tennessee Valley Authority, David Scott, Microsoft, Whistleblower Protection Act, Mel Martinez, Tobacco, Bob Riley, Blue Dog Democrats, Energy Department, United Nations, Superfund, Department of Transportation, Air Force, National Association of Realtors, Maurice Hinchey, Cato Institute, Illinois, IRS

Stay Connected

Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter and get the latest from our in-depth investigations, articles, interviews, blogs, videos, and more.

Support the Center

Your support will help us bring you more investigations, articles, interviews and news related materials relevant to U.S. politics and politics abroad.

Donate

About the Center

The Center for Public Integrity is dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern in the USA and around the world.

More about the Center

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The Center’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of some of the world’s leading investigative reporters. ICIJ extends globally the Center’s style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 reporters in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational projects.

ICIJ website