With enough money, a new study suggests, these industries were able to buy legislators' votes.

This week's installment in our series in which we regularly point you to some of the best investigative reporting you might otherwise miss.

The contrast between his promises to America's forgotten and the greed of the new president and his circle of fat cat appointees is horrible.

Mike Konczal, a financial-engineer-turned-popular-progressive-blogger, offers his views on the 2008 financial meltdown and the ways in which it changed both political parties.

Washington's influence industry is sycophantically chronicled in Politico's newsletter, Influence.

In their new book, Nation on the Take, Wendell Potter and Nick Penniman portray a government and politics polluted by big corporate dollars. But the authors also offer solutions.

The lobbying industry, despite a small decline in revenue, is still the fastest way to make big bucks in Washington.

There was lots of reporting on this hot topic -- but what did the media miss?

There may be no Washington lawmaker cozier with K Street than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Insider information passed between Washington and Wall Street helps the already-powerful at our expense.