Advocates have provided $5.8million to encourage a voting bill compromise in Congress. The new bill will protect the right to vote.
Money Politics articles on Democracy Chronicles
This Money Politics section includes news about the efforts to reduce the influence of money over the election system that has grown substantially since the Citizens United ruling. Also see our entire section on Money Politics or our articles on Political Lobbying.
Did Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers Combat Big Money?
The results of the August 2021 mayoral primary, which was the first time vouchers were used in a Seattle mayor’s contest, were divided.
Business Needs To Rethink Its Role In Politics
The most recent shift to stakeholder capitalism is accompanied by a darkening of politics not least in the view of most senior executives.
The Big Money Behind The Big Lie
The “Big Lie” is Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. It is kept alive through big money.
Prospective Economic Package Unleashes Lobbying Bonanza
Some 2000 businesses lobbied Congress and the administration in an attempt to shape the contours of Biden’s new infrastructure plan.
Toyota Lobbying Against Shift To Electric Vehicles
Toyota was an early adopter of electrified vehicles but has since fallen behind, instead seen to bey lobbying against electric vehicles.
Update On Campaign Spending at Trump Properties
The number of federal political action committees that spent money at Trump properties in the first half of 2021 has declined.
US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil To Block Climate Action
Big oil claims to be for climate action but funds lobby groups whose main objective is to resist a raft of Joe Biden’s environmental measures.
Targeting The Dark Money Attacking US Democracy
A complaint filed at the FEC accuses 18 super PACs of misleading voters by hiding party political action committees that financed them.
Corporate giants want new voting rights measure passed
On Wednesday, more than 150 corporate giants, including Target, PepsiCo, and Google asked Congress to pass a sweeping voting rights bill.