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Harken Energy Corporation internal documents

By The Center for Public Integrity

July 19, 2002 — In his July 8, 2002, press conference, President George W. Bush told reporters "to look back on the directors' minutes" for

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Harken documents

By The Center for Public Integrity

Bush's insider connections preceded huge profit on stock deal

By Knut Royce

A brief history of Bush, Harken and the SEC

By John Dunbar

Harken's Ivy League underwriter

By John Dunbar

Fear and fortune

By G.W. Schulz

Sept. 11 hastened a booming homeland security industry. One southern California company still struggled to get ahead.

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Money to high speed rail could create conflicts with other transpo projects

By Matthew Lewis

The emergent high speed rail lobby, which we highlighted in a story today as part of our Transportation Lobby project, may be approaching it

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Project updates on recovery.gov lack clarity

DOT criticized for vagueness on $9.5 billion in projects

By Aaron Mehta

Homebuilders leave trough hungry, despite lobby blitz

By Joe Eaton

Tea Party founder, Texans among those asking for stimulus funds

By Julie Vorman

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Businesses lobby on climate, but don’t detail risks

By Matthew Lewis

One of the nation’s largest energy companies, DTE Energy is deeply embroiled in the climate change debate on Capitol Hill. The Detroit-based

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Tech firms jump Into fray on climate lobbying

By Marianne Lavelle

Second quarter data added to Center's climate lobby database

By The PaperTrail Staff

Denying global warming with John Stossel

By Lisa Chiu

The climate lobby's nonstop growth

By Marianne Lavelle

Freddie's and Fannie's favors

By Matthew Lewis

With Congress set to weigh in on the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department’s plan to rescue Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the increase in po

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Stockbrokers, credit raters, Fannie among study targets ordered by financial reform bill

By Julie Vorman

Why Fannie and Freddie continue to cost taxpayers billions

By Ben Protess

Reform Reading: Should Fannie and Freddie be cooperative(s)?

By Julie Vorman

Obama punting on Fannie, Freddie could prove costly

By Ben Protess

Outsourcing Big Brother

By Adam Mayle and Alex Knott

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2002 — The Total Information Awareness System, the controversial Pentagon research program that aims to gather and

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Commentary — Total information awareness: A chance encounter raises questions

By Charles Lewis

FACT CHECK: Paul ‘stood with Reagan,’ but not long

By FactCheck.Org

Open your mind

By Stephen Engelberg

A Spy Inc. no stranger to controversy

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SOLUTIONS: Forcing contractors to disclose contributions is a good first step

By Melanie Sloan

SOLUTIONS: An executive order requiring government contractors to disclose campaign donations

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State bans on soft money

By Eric Marx

Big bucks flood 2012 election — What the courts said and why we should care

By John Dunbar

The dispersion of disclosure

By MaryJo Sylwester and Katy Lewis

Undisclosed

By Katy Lewis, Robert Moore, Leah Rush and MaryJo Sylwester

Treasury’s financial reporting for TARP questioned

By Laurel Adams

GAO criticizes Treasury for lapses in its oversight of TARP accounts

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TARP helped stabilize financial institutions, but future success questioned

By Laurel Adams

Bank regulators could use 'war games' as crisis prevention training

By Julie Vorman

Treasury Dept. scolded for rejecting anti-fraud measures in bank capital program

By David Heath and Julie Vorman

Newsmaker interview: Bailout watchdog warns of "doomsday cycle"

By Peter H. Stone

Bank of America, tech VP clash over money-laundering detection

By Michael Hudson

Bank of America Corp. faces myriad disputes with whistleblowers, state attorneys general, and homeowners after surviving the U.S. financial

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TARP watchdog sounds alarm about "too big to fail" banks

By Julie Vorman

Dodd-Frank author is proudest of "skin in the game" requirement for mortgage securitizers

By Shirley Gao

Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

Lee Meyerson, lawyer for the big banks, to the financial rescue

By Marianne Lavelle

Fact Check: The (high) price of a shutdown

By Keith Epstein

Shutting Washington down can cost $100 million... each day

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From Social Security to tourism, government shutdown would affect public

By Laurel Adams

Clyburn draws line in the sand on Social Security

By Jeremy Borden and Aaron Mehta

Privately sponsored trips hot tickets on Capitol Hill

By Jim Morris

FACT CHECK: Boehner and Obama stretch the facts

By FactCheck.Org

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