The watchdog group Public Citizen finds total corporate spending on just eight local measures has topped $139 million.

Washington influence peddling isn't new, but that doesn't mean the peddlers shouldn't be called out.

Take a look at some lawmakers and lobbyists who've made the switch from Capitol Hill to K Street, and vice versa, in the recent past.

Moyers and Winship say revolving-door politics allows corporate interests to have an upper hand in the close calls that determine public policy.