...influential, spending more than $74 million this year on federal lobbying, according to tallies by the Center for Responsive Politics. Similar spending happens on the state level. Lobbyists for Georgia Power have spent more than $29,000 this...

...organizations and their donors," said Sheila Krumholz, the executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics in Washington. "And with greater support, comes increased gratefulness."Consol, which gave $150,000 to...

...both Hollywood and Silicon Valley spend generously to lobby causes in Washington. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the movie, television and music industries spent a combined $91.7 million on lobbying efforts in 2011, compared...

...unemployed, underemployed and economically disadvantaged people Congress represents? According to the Center for Responsive Politics, through 2009, nearly half of all members of Congress -- 261 total -- were millionaires. The average House...

...supporters did their part by contributing $9,000, according to a study by the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics. Vice President Al Gore came in second with $6,250 in local contributions, followed by Dan Quayle with $3...

...According to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan Washington-based nonprofit...Massie Ritsch, a spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics. "Donors in the past may have been guessing that...

...making his endorsement. "It's a program to try to get more liquidity to community banks." The Center for Responsive Politics shows Hodges Consulting Group is registered to lobby for Hillenbrand Partners, a Chicago-based company that...

...what he called it is not accurate - it was a fine," said Larry Noble, the head of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and the FEC's former lead attorney. "It looks like what he is trying to do is hide the fact that he paid a...

...and Mr. Lefemine's negative balance of $23, according to campaign finance figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C., election watchdog. But that isn't stopping either challenger from chivvying the flanks...

...six years combined, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. "It has been a strategy to increase our participation...But Larry Makinson, director of the Center for Responsive Politics, contended the task force is designed to attract...