When the Democrats wined and dined, here's who paid the piper

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2000 — Anyone who thought the Democratic National Convention was only about presidential nominee Al Gore must have

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The anatomy of a misleading fundraising email

By Dave Levinthal

Text messages, Google ads target Virginia Democrats

By Aaron Mehta and Simona Raetz

PMA lobbyist pleads guilty

By Aaron Mehta

DCCC's most vulnerable House members reaped millions in 2012

By Michael Beckel

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health Insurance Association of America":

"… arles Robb (Va.) and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (Mo.).Sponsor: Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA)Location: Tiara Restaurant and Bar, Poolside, Beverly Renaissance Ho …"

Scoring secretary of state seats for Dems

By Sarah Laskow

Plagued by memories of Florida’s Katherine Harris and Ohio’s Ken Blackwell, a little-known 527 group helped win secretary of state posts for

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Obama, first lady, VP combine for 45 fundraisers since official campaign launch

By Aaron Mehta and Peter H. Stone

Politically-connected LightSquared pushes wireless Internet plan despite GPS concerns

By John Aloysius Farrell and Fred Schulte

FACT CHECK: Biden’s manufactured jobs claims

By FactCheck.Org

Conservative radio host and filmmaker produced viral Volt video

By Rachael Marcus

Excerpts from this story referencing "Missouri":

"… oup has just started fundraising for candidates in this election cycle, in Missouri, Oregon, Montana, and West Virginia.Analysis of state election data provid …"

Grand Old Parties: Special interests shower Republicans with perks and parties in the Big Apple

By Meredith O'Brien

Cowboy boots and rock stars. Tuxedos and champagne. Batting practice in a Major League Baseball stadium and coveted tickets to the U.S. Open

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Commentary: Everything I'm telling you is entirely legal

By Charles Lewis

Thanks to sponsors, GOP threw twice the party the Democrats did

By Sean Peoples

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

Influencing the IRS

By Elizabeth Brown

Excerpts from this story referencing "Anthony Principi":

"… ption featuring Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi, Senator James Talent (Mo.) and C. Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel …"

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The paper trail behind Tom DeLay's indictment and Roy Blunt's 527

WASHINGTON, September 29, 2005 — Although Representative Tom DeLay, R-Texas, was indicted for allegedly laundering corporate donations throu

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Indictment of a system

By Elizabeth Brown and Alex Knott

Candidates for GOP House Leader also have ties to K Street

By Elizabeth Brown

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

Abramoff travel ties

By Anupama Narayanswamy and Alex Knott

Excerpts from this story referencing "Missouri":

"… his 527 organization (Rely On Your Beliefs Fund) and sent $661,000 to the Missouri Republican State Committee.The difference is that unlike Texas, Missouri a …"

"… e Missouri Republican State Committee.The difference is that unlike Texas, Missouri allows corporate donations to state candidates, political action committee …"

"… pose a $1,200 limit on corporate donations to candidates, according to the Missouri Ethics Commission.These donations to Blunt’s 527 group include contribut …"

DoD bows to critics, denies Kuwaiti firm sole source contract

By Nick Schwellenbach

A Kuwaiti company held up to illustrate a major loophole in the accountability of foreign contractors won’t get a lucrative logistics contra

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Should foreign contractors be held accountable in U.S. courts?

By Nick Schwellenbach

Understanding the law

By iWatch News

The High-Stakes State

By Jim Morris and Josh Israel

Supreme Court: Children shouldn't get life with no parole possibility

By Susan Ferriss

Should foreign contractors be held accountable in U.S. courts?

By Nick Schwellenbach

A judge’s decision that his court was not the proper venue for a dispute between a Kuwaiti firm and the family of an American soldier killed

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DoD bows to critics, denies Kuwaiti firm sole source contract

By Nick Schwellenbach

Marketing the new 'Dogs of War'

By Duncan Campbell

Top 100 Contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg

Excerpts from this story referencing "Missouri":

"… rch, in response to the issues raised by the case Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) introduced the “Lieutenant Colonel Dominic ‘Rocky” Baragona Justice …"

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Fraud cases fell while Pentagon contracts surged

By Nick Schwellenbach

The number of defense contracting fraud and corruption cases sent by government investigators to prosecutors dropped precipitously under the

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Pentagon’s contract examiners need to cooperate

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon contract fraud policy may not match reality

By Nick Schwellenbach

Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Audit finds poor controls on millions of dollars in Afghan police program

By The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fraud":

"… aud and corruption. The Justice Department set up the National Procurement Fraud Task Force in 2006 to “fight procurement Fraud more effectively,” acco …"

You broke it? You fix it.

By John Dunbar

Firms that fed off the subprime lending frenzy that devastated the banking system are lining up to collect more than $21 billion in taxpayer

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Predatory lending: A decade of warnings

By Kat Aaron

The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

By John Dunbar and David Donald

Mortgage companies and the new regulatory regime

By Kat Aaron

Meltdown 101

By John Dunbar

Excerpts from this story referencing "Missouri":

"… was bought by billionaire Wilbur Ross Jr.5. CitiMortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Missouri — $1.1 billionCitiMortgage is part of Citigroup Inc. The banking giant, …"

ACORN: Stuck between a law and a hard place

By Sarah Laskow

The McCain campaign is skewering the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) for turning in fallacious voter registrat

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Hoosier secretary of state takes first crack at ACORN

By Andrew Green

Arizona and feds clash over voter registration

By Jack Fitzpatrick and Khara Persad

New voting rules make getting Latinos to the polls harder than ever

By Lindsey Ruta and Annelise Russell

Election-fraud not as common as recent voter ID laws suggest

By Natasha Khan and Corbin Carson

Excerpts from this story referencing "supervisor":

"… the group flags them as problematic, fires the employee responsible, has a supervisor hand the forms in anyway, and encourages the state to prosecute the waywar …"

Missouri ditches limits on campaign contributions

By Sarah Laskow

Starting in August, Missouri politicians can accept checks as big as they want, from whomever they want, whenever they want. Republican Gove

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Executive Office of the President "loses" e-mails

By The Center for Public Integrity

Politicization of Department of Justice

By The Center for Public Integrity

Darrell Issa's tangled business and congressional interests

By Jeremy Borden

Consultant profile: Olsen & Shuvalov

By Robert Brodsky

Excerpts from this story referencing "Missouri":

"… ive branch and a C on requirements for the legislature. …"

"… ons in any way, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.Missouri’s not doing so hot on keeping private interests out of politics. In the …"

"… Center’s investigation of states’ personal financial disclosure laws, Missouri scored a D on requirements for the executive branch and a C on requirement …"

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