Tag Archives: center for responsive politics


Demonizing hedge-fund managers

May 12, 2009 : Permalink

St. George Daily Spectrum – According to the Center for Responsive Politics, hedge funds and private equity firms donated $2,992,456 to the Obama campaign in the 2008 cycle. Obama, vocal critic of the campaign finance practice known as "bundling," accepted […]

Battered Wall St tops Obama inaugural donors-study

January 19, 2009 : Permalink

Daily Monitor – Wall Street may be bruised and battered, but it still donated more money than any other U.S. industry to President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural festivities on Tuesday, a study has found. The Center for Responsive Politics said executives […]