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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Frank Bass
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July 12, 2019
The typical House member who cosponsored a measure removing per-country caps on “green cards” received three times more campaign contributions from the nation’s 10 largest tech companies than lawmakers who declined to cosponsor the bill.
Ann M. Ravel
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July 05, 2019
The global epidemic of disinformation poses an urgent and ongoing threat to democracies around the world. Countries in the Americas share a strong commitment to democracy and could form a specialized task force to address the common issues caused by disinformation.
Andrew Perez, Abigail Luke, Tim Zelina
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July 02, 2019
As another presidential election cycle shifts into high gear, the nation's largest special interest organizations will spend millions of dollars on speakers, ranging from high-profile journalists to retired politicians.
Hamsini Sridharan and Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
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June 25, 2019
The federal government has done remarkably little to counter digital deception in our democracy, but the state level is a different story.
Andrew Perez
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June 21, 2019
President Barack Obama’s former top strategist told insurance lobby executives that “Medicare for All” likely won’t pass even if Democrats control both branches of Congress.
Hamsini Sridharan and Laura Curlin
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June 10, 2019
As Oregon state legislators consider a package of bills to limit the influence of money in politics, a new MapLight report outlines hows megadonors and Portland’s “donor class” have an outsized impact on Oregon elections.
Bergen Smith
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A Chinese telecommunications giant banned from purchasing key electronic components from the United States increased its Capitol Hill lobbying sixfold last year, according to federal records examined by MapLight.