In The News
- in the news | January 28, 2015 | Fellows
Lobbying tapered off in 2014 amid congressional gridlock
"There’s a lot of value to continuing to show up and build relationships,” Drutman said. “Politics is not a vending machine. You don’t know what wi... - in the news | December 17, 2014 | Fellows
How did swaps regulation get into the CRomnibus? Ask this army of lobbyists
The banks made it easy for Congress, and then made a convincing case for it - over, and over, and over again. And the other side just didn't have t... - in the news | December 16, 2014 | Fellows
Bring Back Corrpution!
In Corruption in America, Teachout recounts many of these struggles, making her book in part a greatest hits of court cases and laws dealing with b... - in the news | December 15, 2014 | Fellows
Why we still need to worry about money in politics
The problem with our campaign finance system is not that elections cost too much money. The problem is that we have a campaign system dominated by ... - in the news | December 06, 2014 | Fellows
Why Congress is broken: tax extenders edition
Tax experts generally think some breaks that have been perpetually extended should be made permanent (the ones that make decent policy sense, like ... - in the news | December 05, 2014 | Political Reform
Is it possible to spend too much money in politics? Sheldon Adelson is about to find out.
Good politics might be described as the art of cloaking your special interest in the general interest. But when you become the symbol of big money ... - in the news | November 04, 2014 | Political Reform
The Fear Playbook
Making the world scary is good politics.
Yes, fear has a playbook. And while the political environment has changed importantly in the last decade, many of the same dynamics still apply, or... - in the news | September 15, 2014 | Political Reform
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Permanent Campaigner | Financial Times
New AmericaMark Schmitt: "That’s the core conflict within the centre left of the Democratic party, but it is hard to say exactly how it is fixed,” says Mark S...