Senator Ben Nelson and His Connections to the Health Care Industry | Public Campaign Action Fund On May 1, 2009 Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson came out against including a public health insurance plan option as part of this year’s health care reform...

Lehman, Bear Stearns Execs Cashed In As Their Firms Failed: Study If you thought that the executives at Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns paid dearly in when their firms famously imploded last year, think again. A new study by three professors at the...

Sanford Faces 37 Charges by State Ethics Board - NYTimes.com Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina will face formal ethics charges on 37 counts of using his office for personal financial gain, according to a list of allegations issued by the state...

Judge: Hurricane Katrina Flooding Was Caused By Army Corps Of Engineers' Negligence NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in...

Gretchen Morgenson: Lobbyists Win Again In Securing Tax Break For Home Builders The New York Times's Gretchen Morgensonpoints out that lobbyists have won another victory that will lead to billions in taxpayer dollars being handed over to firms that...