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Author Archives: Matthew Lewis

Posted inDemocracy

Search the 935 Iraq War false statements

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Mark Reading-Smith, Matthew Lewis, David Donald and Mattie Quinn June 24, 2014March 22, 2023

Update: March 22, 2023: The database that was the basis for this story was hosted by a third party and ceased functioning sometime after its original publishing date. We obtained the data from that contractor and have made it available in its entirety here. In a widely-reported study of orchestrated deception, the Center found that […]

Posted inDemocracy

The road gang

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis April 28, 2010September 6, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Separation of earmark powers

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis March 17, 2010January 7, 2022
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

Developers in the driver’s seat on transportation

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis March 11, 2010January 7, 2022
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

Halt in federal highway program reveals lobby’s larger frustrations

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis March 2, 2010January 7, 2022
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

Winter ends for the high-speed rail lobby

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis January 27, 2010January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Main Street chases transportation money

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis January 21, 2010July 31, 2019
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

Money to high speed rail could create conflicts with other transpo projects

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis November 30, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Buffett’s new company sure knows how to lobby

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis November 5, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

While federal action stalls, a battle rages in Virginia

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis October 26, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

Congress hits snooze button on transportation bill

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis October 2, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Crafting a transportation bill

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis September 16, 2009July 31, 2019
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

Following the money for construction, campaigns

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis July 20, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inClimate Change Lobby, Environment

Businesses lobby on climate, but don’t detail risks

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis June 19, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inClimate Change Lobby, Environment

Climate change lobbying dominated by 10 firms

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Marianne Lavelle and Matthew Lewis May 20, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inClimate Change Lobby, Environment

Disclosure filings by lobbyists still incomplete

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis April 9, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

How does high-speed rail get from here to there?

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis April 2, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inClimate Change Lobby, Environment

A new power player in the climate lobby

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis March 12, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inClimate Change Lobby, Environment

Could climate change bill mean new funding?

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis February 26, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Following Obama’s speech, parsing key players for global warming legislation

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis February 25, 2009May 27, 2019
Posted inEnvironment

Transportation agencies steer into climate change debate

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis February 25, 2009May 28, 2019
Posted inEnvironment

The climate lobbyists

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis February 25, 2009May 28, 2019
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

FAA reauthorization ‘stuck on the tarmac’

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis February 13, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inCongress, Democracy, The Transportation Lobby

New, performance-based method of divvying up funds at risk

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis February 5, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Not a Cardinal sin — Obama backs supporter-owned Steelers

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis January 30, 2009January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

Show me the oversight

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis October 17, 2008January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Big coal’s big-time lobby

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis August 25, 2008January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

Fannie’s favorite son

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis July 28, 2008April 1, 2019
Posted inEnvironment

Too tight on toxins?

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis July 24, 2008January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

Freddie’s and Fannie’s favors

Avatar photo by Matthew Lewis July 15, 2008April 1, 2019

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