Money & Politics

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in McCutcheon v. FEC, a case considered critical to the future of campaign finance.

The NYT reports that a who's who of conservative activists headed by deep-pocketed funders have planned for months to trigger a budgetary showdown as a last-gasp effort to kill off Obamacare.

Corporations argue that the Supreme Court has exempted them from a key part of Obamacare.

After the tea party catapulted House Republicans into the majority, 75 right-wing lawmakers wrote a letter to Speaker Boehner demanding that a vote to repeal the device tax occur “as soon as possible.”

A set of campaign consultants and insurance agents stand to profit from confusing Americans on the eve of the healthcare reform enrollment date.

American Legacy, a super PAC co-chaired by Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, has raised a lot of money, but isn't doling out funds to candidates.

In a live webcast at noon ET today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Lawrence Lessig will discuss McCutcheon v. FEC, a case coming before the Supreme Court next month that is being called Citizens United 2.0.

Next month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in McCutcheon v. FEC. When they do so, the Justices should remember the price of a Quarter Pounder in the 1970s. And here’s why.

A new report reveals how the for-profit prison industry is working the system to ensure money flows in whether crime is up or down.

Many of the politicians who rail against SNAP in Congress bring home huge sums of federal assistance to their supporters.