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INFOGRAPHIC: Political Money Predicts the Future of Keystone

Can you predict the future? The US government has been asked to approve a controversial oil pipeline, Keystone XL, which would bring oil from Canadian tar sands to the US. Will the pipeline be approved? You don’t need to ask a... read full article »

What the big money in political campaigns really costs America

Can you believe it? It cost America over 7 billion dollars to run our elections last year. For $7 billion we got: 1 president, 33 senators and 435 representatives.  For $7 billion, we rearranged the chairs in a Congress that... read full article »

INFOGRAPHIC: The NRA’s political self-defense

Special interest groups spend a lot of money to influence politics. Case in point: the National Rifle Association. It has a total budget of about $300 million (with membership dues, donations from manufacturers and other interests, and grants each contributing... read full article »

Moneyed Interests Hijack Tea Party Name

A surge of populism swept the Republican party in the 2008 elections, rallying for fiscal responsibility and lower taxes, and against the moneyed interests that rule Washington. It was made up of everyday Americans, rallying under the name Tea Party.... read full article »

Want Lower Taxes? Stop the Corporate Lobbyists

Lobbying is a billion dollar industry, and one of the biggest things corporate lobbyists do is get lower taxes for their clients. But if they pay less, who covers the difference? Oh right, the American people do. In 2011, five... read full article »

Corporate Influence Controls Debate on Energy

Did you wonder why the candidates spent so much time talking about coal and fossil fuel in Tuesday night’s presidential debate? They fought over who was a bigger friend to the coal industry, discussed natural gas prices and domestic oil... read full article »

INFOGRAPHIC UPDATE: Unlimited Political Money = Christmas in Autumn

As we head into autumn, and Thanksgiving, we should remember how lucky our presidential candidates really are: Every month, their “friends” give them tens of millions of dollars in political money. Since our summer infographic, fundraising has only accelerated, giving... read full article »

Corporate Lobbyists Give Failing Schools a Pass

If you ran a school that failed a simple test about your school’s effectiveness, what would you do? Try to fix it? Close it down? How about hiring some corporate lobbyists to make the test easier instead? That’s what the... read full article »

Ho Ho Ho: High Cost of Election Means the Season of Giving Has Come Early

Editor’s note: This infographic was updated with more current data. This season, the high cost of the election means Obama and Romney are getting early Christmas gifts: wads of cash from their loyal donors. Obama socked away $241 million as... read full article »

Infographic: Ordinary Americans Lose Political Influence via Rising Election Spending

Everyone knows it takes lots of cash to get elected: politicians who don’t raise enough simply can’t compete. Some of the donations come from ordinary Americans, but as election spending increases, we’re rapidly being priced out. Over the last two... read full article »

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