No vote on gun control? No votes on judicial nominees? Filibuster reform coming?
How have recent developments affected the views of Senators on filibuster reform? Where do they stand now? We asked them directly, but it's really hard to get them to put their cards on the table.
Independent director pay at “top 50” companies
Data visualizations show median, highest, and individual director pay; reveal change over time; rank companies.
Democrats hide when asked about ending high-income loophole to assure Social Security’s future
We ask every one. See the results.
Government support for arts down dramatically over time
When adjusted for inflation and population, per capita funding in 2011 down 33 percent from 1983.
“How could we resist?” The revolving door for ex-members of Congress
Part 3 of our data-gathering collaboration with the Center for Responsive Politics.
Top staffers for new members of Congress: uncovering their previous jobs with lobbying entities
More than three dozen staffers for new members of Congress had at some previous point been associated with organizations that engaged in lobbying or were lobbying clients. Some came to the Hill directly from the lobbying entity.
Newly out-of-office Members of Congress: where have their top staffers gone?
Are they working for employers that are lobbying firms or lobbying clients?
When Democrats sang a different tune
25 Democratic and Independent Senators voted to continue Bush tax cuts for 99.3 percent of households. What did they say when those cuts were enacted?
Environmental groups whistling past the graveyard?
In the face of gains by proponents of fossil fuels, some groups in denial; others hunkering down. Only a few explore new strategies to go on the offensive.
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