The Post connects earmarks to political contributions to Sen. Daniel Inouye here. Since 1997, executives of Navatek and its parent firm, the privately owned Pacific Marine, have contributed more than $29,000 to Inouye’s campaign coffers, most of it since 2003. And now, the eight-term Hawaii Democrat is trying to direct $2.2 million in taxpayer money […]
Day: November 3, 2009
Who funds who: a new website
A new website tracks donations to conservative groups, according to The Post. The Conservative Transparency Web site (http://www.conservativetransparency.org), which will be run by the Media Matters Action Network, uses Internal Revenue Service filings to track the major financial backers and beneficiaries of conservative activist groups.
Should you vote?
The Times‘ Randy Cohen examines voting today. Responding to our country’s typically low turnouts, some groups strive to get people to vote, not for anyone in particular, but as an expression of civic virtue (vote for the candidate of your choice, but vote). Should we support nonpartisan efforts to get people to fulfill this putative […]