Keeping Politicians Honest

Dirty Money Watch

Politicians must be the only people in America who “believe” that money doesn't influence their decisions. We know it does. At Dirty Money Watch we track outrageous behavior by politicians and the ways that big-money lobbies buy political power.

Check in often as we expose how insurers, drug companies, oil giants and other powerful special interests use their campaign cash to dominate Sacramento, Washington DC, statehouses and city halls around the country.

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$800,000 In Campaign Cash From Health Insurers Stops Premium Regulation In Sacramento

CONTACT: Jamie Court, (310) 874-9989; or Carmen Balber, (310) 403-0284
August 31, 2010

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California Should Regulate Health Care Premiums

Editorial, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
August 11, 2010

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Google's Lobbying Spending Soars 41 Percent to $1.34 Million While Internet Giant Relies On Well-Connected Team In Washington

CONTACT: John M. Simpson, cell: 310-292-1902; or Jamie Court, 310-392-0522 x327
July 21, 2010

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Recent Posts in Keeping Politicians Honest:

Insurance CEO pay: So that's where the premium increase went

There are days when the idea of private health insurance companies running health reform are more ludicrous than others. Today, we find that health insurance CEOs are raking in ever-higher compensation--up to $110 million a year for one retiring CEO. This is obviously where a lot of our ever-rising premium dollars are going.

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Insurance deregulation blocked in Wall Street reform bill

Drivers, business owners and every other American who expects their insurance policies to be there in an emergency can breathe a sigh of relief that an eleventh hour fix saved consumers from insurance deregulation in the financial reform bill...

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Corporate "smart initiatives" will test California voters' smarts Tuesday

During my two decades battling in California's ballot initiative process never before have large corporations been poised to gain so much so cleverly as in next Tuesday's election.

Industries have long tried to lard ballots...

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Is that the best you can do, Mitch?

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was asked directly if his strident opposition to financial reform was because he is acting on behalf of big banks. His ringing denial? "I'd say that's inaccurate"...

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Sen. Corker's time = Wall Street $$

Pay to play policymaking is rarely spelled out as clearly in public as it was in a just-released fundraising email sent to financial industry lobbyists on behalf of Senator Corker, a key Republican negotiator on finanicial reform...

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