Money & Politics
Lobbying, campaign money, antitrust cases and the flow of people between companies and government.
Topics in this section
Federal lobbying spending
Quarterly lobbying spending by company from Senate filings, with amendments applied and every figure linked to its filing. Combined totals are computed from those filings, not quoted.
538 facts on file
Campaign contributions, PACs & super PACs
Corporate PAC receipts and disbursements, contributions to super PACs, and executive donations from FEC filings. Spending by nonprofits that does not disclose donors is tracked only where IRS or state filings show it, and labeled as undisclosed-source.
76 facts on file
Antitrust case tracker
One status board for each case: court, stage, last ruling, next date, and appeals, with each entry linked to the docket.
76 facts on file
Remedies & settlements
What each court order or settlement actually requires, with deadlines and compliance reports. Whether a remedy is large or small is Analysis and is labeled as such, next to the order text.
98 facts on file
Research funding & the revolving door
Corporate grants as disclosed by universities and think tanks, and moves between companies and agencies from public disclosure forms. We do not infer influence from a grant or a job change unless a document says so.
28 facts on file
Stories
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