Brian Ross reports on what leadership PACs are up to in this ABC News report (link to video). ProPublica has more. In the past three election cycles, lobbyists and special interests poured $355 million into these funds, making them the second-largest source of political money for sitting members of Congress.
Month: September 2009
Strategic Vision in Polling Controversy
In what some have called a rare action, the American Association of Public Opinion Research raised objections to Strategic Vision LLC’s alleged failure to release information about some of its 2008 polls. For more than one year, AAPOR was unable to obtain the following basic information about Strategic Vision LLC’s polling in New Hampshire and […]
Former Rep. Doolittle Named Co-Conspirator
Roll Call reports that former Rep. Doolittle was named as a co-conspirator as part of the Kevin Ring case. Under the Influence has a number of other developments in the Ring trial, including Todd Boulanger’s testimony that he often saw other staffers and lobbyists together at restaurants and events.