Lobbying Exposed

Disclosures reveal that corporations and lobbying firms award six-figure bonuses to staff who leave to take powerful positions on Capitol Hill.

On paper, influence peddling has declined. In reality, it has gone underground.

Opponents of marijuana-law reform insist that legalization is dangerous — but the biggest threat is to their own bottom line.

As the Obama administration signals an effort to partner with the kingdom as its key ally against ISIS, the Saudi government adds GOP Super PAC Chair Norm Coleman to its payroll.

Post–Citizens United, candidates aren't supposed to coordinate with "outside" spending groups — but even that minimal restriction isn't being enforced.

A wave of lobbyists has arrived on Capitol Hill. But this time, they're occupying top staff positions in the new Congress.

For years, congressional staffers have been cashing in their government experience for more lucrative positions lobbying in the private sector. But as Lee...

Lobbyists for the broker-dealer industry want to ensure they don't have to have your best financial interests in mind when advising you on your 401k.

Will Bezos’s interest in changing education policy affect his control of the Washington Post?

Sarah Palin's main political adviser used a dark-money group to finance undisclosed campaign ads last year, new documents show.

The Democratic think tank Third Way relies on money from corporate interests, lobbyists, and Republican donors.

The proposed rule would do little to deter powerful individuals or large companies from engaging in limitless dark money electioneering.

The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel gets the facts about Koch spending versus union spending completely wrong.

The Department of Justice finally takes notice.