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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

OpenSecrets.org / Fiscal Times Investigation Reveals Intimate Ties Among Congressional Committees, Special Interests http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/04/opensecrets-fiscaltimes-joint-project-announcement.html

The Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org) and The Fiscal Times have today launched a joint reporting project that explores the intimate ties among congressional committees and the moneyed industries and special interests that seek to influence them.The series shines light on how the financial industry in particular contributed money during and after the 2010 campaign to try to curry favor with members of the House Financial Services Committee, which has jurisdiction over legislation being sought to undermine the Frank-Dodd financial regulatory law.

It will also take a broader look at how members of key congressional committees receive disproportionate campaign cash from people and political action committees associated with industries that do frequent business before them.Meanwhile, the series investigates how new House GOP freshman class fared in fund-raising during the 2010 campaign, and how many of them -- including conservative and Tea Party members who ran against Washington and “professional politicians” -- almost immediately turned to K Street and the lobbying industry for millions of dollars in contributions to help reduce their campaign debts.

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