With a tanking economy, warming planet and multiple bloody conflicts abroad, President Obama has his work cut out for him. His biggest challenge, however, might be keeping his campaign promise to transform American politics, according to Robert Kaiser, author of the new book "So Damn Much Money: The...

At the request of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the Center for Responsive Politics conducted a study of donations from employees of the nation's 25 wealthiest foundations and 75 of the largest charities and found these individuals give overwhelmingly to Democrats. Out of $1.2 million contributed fr...

Unlike members of Congress who have to wait at least a year (two for senators) after retiring from public service to become registered lobbyists, the influence peddlers themselves don't face a cooling-off period if they want to run for Congress. With the help of the Center for Responsive Politics, U...

John McCain's military experience is hardly gaining him a financial edge from defense contractors, whose campaign contributions to the presumptive Republican presidential candidate are only about $4,000 more than those given to his likely Democratic challenger, Barack Obama, who has no military expe...

Climatologists aren't the only source of data on global warming. It turns out that disclosure reports filed with Congress show that lobbying on climate change has been heating up sharply in recent years. Climate Wire, a news service that covers the politics and business of environmental is...