Jonathan Salant
covers campaign finance and lobbying in Washington. He was president of the National Press Club and started in Washington in 1987.
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Pipeline sits on the ground near a trench during construction of the Gulf Coast Project pipeline, part of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, near Ada, Oklahoma.
American Jewish Committee Is Part of Pro-Keystone Lobbying Effort
The American Jewish Committee usually speaks out on Israel and on the plight of Jews worldwide. Now it’s among the four dozen organizations lobbying on the Keystone pipeline. The AJC supports the pipeline, aligning itself with the oil industry and...
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) speaks at a news conference March 21, 2012 at the Capitol March 21, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Democrats Want Shareholders to Approve Corporate Political Spending
Companies could not make political donations unless a majority of their shareholders agreed under legislation introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Rep. Michael Capuano of Massachusetts, both Democrats. The bill mirrors one first introduced by Capuano in...
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) hold a news conference to propose new campaign finance legislation at the Capitol on April 23, 2013.
Murkowski, Wyden Team Up: Bipartisan Disclosure Bill
For the first time since Sens. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, teamed up to push through a 2002 law that banned corporate, union and unlimited individual donations to the political parties, a new campaign finance bill has...
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A newly installed U.S. Chamber of Commerce sign arguing that money market funds are "strong," and ask, "why risk changing them now?" at the Union Station Metro stop in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Chamber Spent $16.6 Million Lobbying in First Three Months
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its legal reform affiliate reported spending $16.6 million during the first three months of 2013, down from the $26.2 million it spent during the same period a year earlier, according to Senate disclosures. The...
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Students celebrate after U.S. President Barack Obama was projected the winner of the presidential election inside the Kennedy Forum at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Nov. 6, 2012.
FEC: 2012 Campaign Cost $7 Billion
Candidates, parties, political action committees and other outside groups spent more than $7 billion on the 2012 election, according to a final tally by the Federal Election Commission. That’s the most ever spent on U.S. elections, and surpasses the $5.3 billion...
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U.S. Border Patrol agents monitor the area near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California, on March 21, 2012.
Durbin Says Immigration Law Overhaul Is National Security Issue
Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, offers this reason for supporting an overhaul of immigration laws: It will help national security. Durbin, in an interview on “Political Capital With Al Hunt,” airing this weekend...
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks at a news briefing after the Senate defeated a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks on firearms purchases and close the so-called gun show loophole.
Blumenthal on Gun Laws: ‘America Won’t Take No for an Answer’
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the state where 20 elementary school students were gunned down in December, says that advocates of new gun legislation are not giving up after being unable to overcome a Republican-led filibuster to expand background...
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New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, shown here speaking prior to a panel on Gun Violence on April 3, 2013 in New York.
New York Takes Steps Toward Disclosure of Nonprofit Donors
Nonprofits that spend millions on political campaigns are attracting increased scrutiny from the federal government, and lawmakers of both parties are looking at legislation to require disclosure. New York state officials on their own are moving toward requring such groups to...
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Immigrants stand during the playing of the National Anthem at a U.S. naturalization ceremony in New York, on April 17, 2013 at 26 Federal Plaza.
U.S. Chamber Spearheads Effort to Pass Immigration Bill
Supporters of the new immigration bill are undertaking efforts to push the measure through Congress and onto the president’s desk. Tom Donohue, president the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business lobby, said the proposal meets the goals of ...
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Obama Campaign Still Owes $3 Million
President Barack Obama’s campaign committee, Obama for America, still owes $3.1 million, new Federal Election Commission filings show. The debts include $626,886 for stage, sound and lighting at campaign events; $500,757 for telemarketing and more than $216,146 for legal fees....
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Al Hunt
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Julie Bykowicz
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Jonathan Salant
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Richard Rubin
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis
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Lisa Lerer
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John McCormick
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