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December 22, 2022
The must-read money-in-politics stories of 2022
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Dear reader,
Please enjoy your final 2022 money in politics newsletter, complete with a look back at some of the most noteworthy [[link removed]] reports from the year.
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Sheila Krumholz
Executive Director
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Big Tech lobbying push helped block bipartisan bills that aimed to curb alleged anti-competitive behavior
Following a massive lobbying blitz, two bills opposed by Big Tech giants failed to pass in 2022 despite broad bipartisan support in Congress.
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OpenSecrets experts recognized for Jan. 6 reporting
[[link removed]] The OpenSecrets team is honored to receive the David C. Rothman Award for Protecting American Democracy this year. Our reports helped keep elected officials accountable in a series of articles produced following the money around the Jan. 6 insurrection. The investigation and reporting also unearthed information about anonymously funded organizations involved in the rally, how shell companies can be used to keep important details of campaign payments hidden from the public and how corporations swearing off corporate PAC giving after the Capitol attack quietly continued steering money into politics.
OpenSecrets in the News
See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:
Gambling interests gave GOP group behind pro-DeWine PACs $1M (AP News) [[link removed]]
Sheila Krumholz, executive director of OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan research group specializing in political giving, said the money moving into and out of RGA coffers follows a typical pattern of money in politics.
Why This Is No Madoff Moment for FTX Creditors (The New York Times) [[link removed]]
Mr. Bankman-Fried; Ryan Salame, the former co-C.E.O. of FTX; and Nishad Singh, a former head of engineering at the company, have donated a total of $84.3 million to Democrats, Republicans and political action committees since 2019, according to data collected by OpenSecrets.org and shared with DealBook.
The American PR firm helping Saudi Arabia clean up its image (The Guardian) [[link removed]]
Since Khashoggi’s murder, the powerful PR firm has received or is contracted to receive $9.6m (£7.9m) in fees from Saudi government agencies and companies controlled by the regime, according to a Guardian analysis of US Department of Justice documents made available by the watchdog group OpenSecrets.
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