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Jan 2, 2025 · The next Congress, dubbed “the most crypto-friendly Congress ever” after massive election spending by the industry, will have a crypto-savvy Arkansas Republican atop a key committee. The resolution urges Congress to pass legislation banning senators and representatives from trading stocks, but ...
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The 119th Congress, Brought to You by AIPAC - readsludge.com
1 day ago · The members of the new Congress, sworn in last Friday, were elected in November with an unprecedented amount of campaign contributions from the pro-Israel lobbying group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. Subscribe now and have access to all our stories, enjoy exclusive content ...
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Trump Got Last-Minute ‘Dark Money’ Injection
Dec 10, 2024 · MAGA Inc. had just $31 million in cash on hand as of Oct. 16, so the money from SAG, which made up the vast majority of what it raised during the period covered by the post-general report, provided critical support to help it keep up pro-Trump media spending during the closing weeks of the campaign.
Fetterman, Gallego, and Others Violate Ethics Law by Failing
Aug 16, 2024 · The federal lawmakers who Sludge found have revealed violating the STOCK Act so far this month are senators John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), plus representatives Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), David Joyce (R-Ohio), Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), Sean Casten (D-Ill.), Thomas Kean Jr. …
Four Reps Cleared of Ethics Charges Over Misused Campaign Funds
6 days ago · Feel like you could use a trip to the Ritz-Carlton beachfront resort in Aruba right about now? How about if the $10,000 trip for you and your family was paid for by a business partner? Such a free vacation was a finding of a 2021 investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics into Rep ...
Big Oil Sends Trump Its Wish List - readsludge.com
Nov 14, 2024 · The American Petroleum Institute (API), the top oil and gas lobbying group, sent President-elect Donald Trump its policy wish list this week, after donors from the industry helped power the largest pro-Trump super PAC and propelled Republicans to retake control of …
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