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What's the Cost of a Seat in the California State Legislature?
PromesaArtStudio/ShutterstockJune 24, 2015 -- It costs a lot of money to win a seat in the California State Legislature, but how much exactly? MapLight analyzed the money raised by winners of the 2014...
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Google and Facebook Spend Most on Lobbying Among Tech Firms
Joseph Sohm/ShutterstockJune 9, 2015 -- On Tuesday, June 2nd, President Obama signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which, among other things, requires the NSA to terminate its bulk data collection...
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Defense Contractors Dominate List of Top 10 PAC Contributors in 2015
Master Sgt. Ken Hammond/Wikimedia CommonsJune 11, 2015 -- This week, the Senate is debating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets the annual spending limit for the Department of...
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Supporters of the Medical Device Tax Repeal Contributed 21 Times More Money...
sfam_photo/ShutterstockJune 17, 2015 -- Today the House of Representatives is voting on H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act, which would repeal a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices. Congress...
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Industries Supporting Trade Bill Give Nine Times More Money to Senators Than...
Rep. Louise Slaughter/Wikimedia Commons June 24, 2015 -- Later today, the Senate is expected to pass H.R. 2146, which would grant President Obama broad authority to negotiate and finalize trade...
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Iowa's Fortune 1000 Companies Spent $1.2 Million on Lobbying in Q1, 2015
Atlaspix/ShutterstockJuly 1, 2015 -- MapLight examined the political spending of Iowa’s five largest public companies, including the amount they spent lobbying Congress and federal agencies, and the...
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2016 Presidential Candidates Raise Millions from Key States
Andrea Izzotti/ShutterstockJuly 17, 2015 -- The reports are in. On July 15, the 2016 presidential candidates turned in their Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings disclosing how much their campaign...
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Record Amounts Spent by Three Top Lobbying Groups in Q2, 2015
July 30, 2015 -- On July 20th, filings on federal lobbying expenditures made between April 1, 2015 and June 30, 2015 were due to the Clerk of the US House of Representatives. MapLight analyzed the 10...
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Defense Contractors Dominate List of Top 10 PAC Contributors in 2015
Master Sgt. Ken Hammond/Wikimedia CommonsJune 11, 2015 -- This week, the Senate is debating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets the annual spending limit for the Department of...
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2016 Presidential Candidates Raise Millions from Key States
Andrea Izzotti/ShutterstockJuly 17, 2015 -- The reports are in. On July 15, the 2016 presidential candidates turned in their Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings disclosing how much their campaign...
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Los Angeles and Silicon Valley Among Top Zip Codes Contributing to Federal...
Patricia Marroquin/ShutterstockJuly 29, 2015 -- In terms of home sale price, 14 of the country’s 20 most expensive zip codes are in California. These include zip codes in Atherton, Beverly Hills, Santa...
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MapLight & Secretary of State Alex Padilla Partner to Bring Political...
Secretary of State Alex Padilla, MapLight President and CoFounder Daniel G. Newman and MapLight Data Director Miriam Marks demonstrate the state’s new Power Search tool for searching political campaign...
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Senators Who Voted Against Background Checks Received More Pro-Gun Contributions
WikimediaCommonsOctober 8, 2015 -- This week, Senate Democrats will reportedly unveil new legislation that would block guns from being sold without background checks. The bill, sponsored by Senators...
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MapLight Newsletter: Flash!
Current Issue | Flash! Fall 2015Our newsletter, Flash!, is published four times a year and covers the exciting work that we're doing here at MapLight. Sign up here to receive Flash! by email. Want a...
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MapLight and Secretary of State Alex Padilla Partner to Bring Political...
Secretary of State Alex Padilla, MapLight President and CoFounder Daniel G. Newman and MapLight Data Director Miriam Marks demonstrate the state’s new Power Search tool for searching political campaign...
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Report: New Tool Reveals $80M in Independent Expenditures Spent in...
Sept. 29, 2015 -- MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that tracks money in politics, is pleased to make its California Independent Expenditures Search Engine freely available to the public....
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Huge Lobbying Increases by Insurance, Oil, and Pharmaceutical Companies in...
Joseph Sohm/ShutterstockOctober 22, 2015 -- On October 20th, filings on federal lobbying expenditures made between July 1, 2015 and September 30, 2015 were due to the Clerk of the U.S. House of...
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Senators Voting for CISA Receive More Defense Industry Money
Trevor Paglen/Wikimedia CommonsNovember 4, 2015 -- On October 27, 2015, the Senate passed S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), by a bipartisan vote of 74-21. CISA is a...
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One Year Out from November 2016, California State-Level Candidates and Ballot...
Brandon Bourdages/ShutterstockNovember 9, 2015 -- As a number of local elections unfolded last week, money continued to flow to the state-level candidates and measures that will appear on California’s...
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2016 Presidential Candidates Raise Millions from Key States
Andrea Izzotti/ShutterstockJuly 17, 2015 -- The reports are in. On July 15, the 2016 presidential candidates turned in their Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings disclosing how much their campaign...
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