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LEE FANG Lee Fang is a reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. He covers money in politics, conservative movements and lobbying. Lee's work has resulted in multiple calls for hearings in Congress and the Federal Election Commission. His book on the campaign to block Obama's domestic priorities is slated for publication this winter. Lee is a lifelong resident of Prince George's County, Maryland, and holds a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Previously, Lee interned with ThinkProgress and worked as a researcher for Progressive Accountability. In college, Lee held internships with Media Matters for America, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and Westin Rinehart.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 25, 2020 Meat Industry Campaign Cash Flows To Officials Seeking To Quash COVID-19 Lawsuits
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor, and Mountaire Farms, a major poultry producer, have come under fire in recent months for reportedly pressuring employees to crowd into plants with minimal safety precautions.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 18, 2020 Wall Street Titans Finance Democratic Primary Challenger To Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Disclosures show that over four dozen finance industry professionals, including several prominent private equity executives and investment bankers, made early donations to Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC contributor who is challenging Ocasio-Cortez.
SHARE Sunday, April 5, 2020 Key Medical Supplies Were Shipped From U.S. Manufacturers To Foreign Buyers, Records Show
American hospitals around the country are now running low on all forms of personal protective gear, such as N95 masks or purified air personal respirators, for medical staff, as well as life-saving ventilators, which pump oxygenated air into the lungs, for patients.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 7, 2020 TV Pundits Praising Suleimani Assassination Neglect To Disclose Ties To Arms Industry
Many of the pundits who appeared on national television or were quoted in major publications to praise the president's actions have undisclosed ties to the defense industry -- the only domestic industry that stands to gain from increased violence.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 26, 2018 Secretly Taped Audio Reveals Democratic Leadership Pressuring Progressive To Leave Race
The secretly taped audio recording, reveals how senior Democratic officials have worked to crush competitive primaries and steer political resources, money, and other support to hand-picked candidates in key races across the country, long before the party publicly announces a preference.
SHARE Sunday, July 5, 2015 Chevron's Lobbyist Now Runs the Congressional Science Committee
For Chevron, the second largest oil company in the country with $26.2 billion in annual profits, it helps to have friends in high places. With little fanfare, one of Chevron's top lobbyists, Stephen Sayle, has become a senior staff member of the House Committee on Science, the standing congressional committee charged with "maintaining our scientific and technical leadership in the world."
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, May 1, 2015 Maryland Cop Lobbyists Helped Block Reforms Just Last Month
Maryland's Law Enforcement Officer Bill of Rights, one of the strongest such statutes in the nation, is a considerable barrier to police reform. The LEOBR, enacted in 1974, shields officers from oversight by establishing a narrow standard for reviewing police misconduct and limiting the ability of victims to press charges.
New legislation to correct that has been diluted by Police Union lobbyists