How oil industry lobbyists played the long game — wearing down an overmatched federal bureaucracy to gain access to a fuel-rich corner of the Alaskan wilderness.

The vast inequality they are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people. This is the fight of our lives and how it ends is up to us.

The bipartisan budget compromise is a holiday giveaway to the wealthy.

The one bipartisan thing on which both Democrats and Republicans agree: at holiday time a little something tucked away in legislation in exchange for campaign largesse is the greatest gift of all.

The new Speaker of the House has his conservative bonafides challenged by the far right but what really should worry them is his deep commitment to Washington's status quo.

They stay in DC to reap the bountiful harvest that comes from Capitol Hill experience and good old fashioned cronyism.

Insurance, banking and defense companies spent big bucks to ensure their interests were included in December's spending package.

Forget lobbying. When Washington, DC’s biggest trade associations want to wield influence, they often put far more of their money into advertising and public relations.

Congress has extended these corporate giveaways for years without any public attention -- until now.

A new report finds that federal campaign spending and lobbying by our largest big-box retailers is growing fast and targeted at maintaining their economic might through political influence.