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Draft legislation undercuts Bush domestic spying rationale

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

Romanian weapons modified in the U.S. become scourge of Mexican drug war

By Rick Schmitt and Rick Young

February 3, 2011

Center story focused on Romanian weapon now targeted by Feinstein legislation

Excerpts from this story referencing "Tracy Schmaler":

"… ion on the import permits issued by ATF,” Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said. “To the extent that semiautomatic rifles in non-sporting configura …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

November 21, 2003

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

Excerpts from this story referencing "Frank Murkowski":

"… oEnergy & Commerce115,400Senator Chuck HagelR-Neb. 106,846Senator Frank MurkowskiR-AlaskaEnergy & Natural Resources103,590Senator Craig ThomasR-Wyo.Ener …"

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Ashcroft used state employee to fund-raise, records show

By Josey Ballenger and M. Asif Ismail

January 30, 2001

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2001 — While he was attorney general of Missouri, John Ashcroft made use of a state employee to conduct fund raising

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

By Shannon Feaster, Nathaniel Heller, Marianne Holt, Annys Shin and Russ Tisinger

March 2, 2000

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

Legal challenge seeks to bring down new campaign finance law

By Kathryn Wallace and Marianne Holt

September 5, 2000

A conservative group in Alabama has filed the first court challenge to recently passed campaign finance legi

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Montana an unlikely target for out-of-state campaign cash

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2000 — Montana might not seem like the logical setting for a full-scale brawl over a U.S. Senate seat, but with the

Here are the groups targeted by 'no-soft-money' pledge in New York race

By Marianne Holt and Kathryn Wallace

October 3, 2000

(Washington, October 3) New Yorks U.S. Senate candidates, Republican Representative Rick Lazio of Long Island and his Democratic opponent, f

ATF allegations, anger spread through Mexico

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

March 16, 2011

Revelations in a story from the Center about ATF's controversial Fast and Furious operation have sparked demands for investigations in Mexic

House Republicans ask for explanation of ATF gun tactics

By David Heath

March 10, 2011

A group of House Republicans are demanding the details of a federal investigation that enabled guns suspected of being bought by a drug cart

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