Given that financing is one of the pillars of the health system, quality of financing data is essential.
But even in one day, Joseph Bruno, the majority leader, and his Republican senators could add substance to this year's paltry record by passing a better law on the lobbying of state agencies and agreeing to computerization of campaign finance data statewide.
Orbital, which maintains a software development facility 17 miles from Ruppersberger's district in Maryland, has donated $13,000 to the lawmaker from its political action committee since the start of 2009, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of campaign finance data from CQMoneyline.
Groups aligned with Democratic candidates have unleashed a last-minute paroxysm of spending in competitive House races in the final days of the campaign that has them outpacing Republicans, reversing the trend of the past few months, according to an analysis of campaign finance data by The New York Times.
An analysis of campaign finance data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics shows that 40percentt of all reported, non-party outside spending since the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling has come from groups with deep ties to political parties or spending to support just one candidate.
Increasing quality on financing data involves the use of standard procedures and methods.
The candidates are taking it easy on this holiday weekend, but analysis of campaign finance data shows they had a busy month in February.
A1 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 Influence-Seeking Donors Enlist Wives for Big Checks The most generous contributors to the candidates for New York City mayor are homemakers, an analysis of campaign finance data shows.
More than 150 contributions totaling $178,450 to Mr. Thompson's 2005 campaign -- many of them from lawyers, investment bankers and others with a potential interest in the comptroller's activities -- include no information about the donor's occupation or employer, according to a review of campaign finance data.
