Stories by Jie Chen

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Revealed: Why the Pundits Are Wrong About Big Money and the 2012 Elections

Posted on: Dec 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

One campaign funded largely by the super-rich lost to another funded by same, and money mattered big-time in House elections.

Massive Surge of Republican Money in Last Ditch Effort to Sink Obama

Posted on: Nov 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Since October 17, the big GOP Superpacs appear to be outspending Priorities USA on media by at least three to one.

Response to the FEC on Missing Big Ticket Money Data

Posted on: Jul 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

FEC confirms that key data has disappeared from its files. Time to fix this problem.

Cover Ups Are Worse Than Vanishing Data: The Facts About the FEC’s Data Downloads

Posted on: Jul 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The FEC should admit the truth: Files on big money contributions went missing on its watch.

Revealed: Key Files on Big-Ticket Political Donations Vanish at Federal Election Commission

Posted on: Jul 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Top money and politics researchers discover that the FEC is quietly deleting information on fat-cat funders.