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July 14, 2026Six senators took over $1 million from the same five industriesWe compared every Senate filing from the last quarter. The overlap is not subtle — and four of the six sit on committees that regulate those industries.June 28, 2026What a “super PAC” actually is, in plain EnglishThere are three different ways corporate money reaches a campaign, and they follow completely different rules. Here is how to tell them apart in under five minutes.June 9, 2026Your representative's biggest donor probably isn't a personFor 341 of 435 House members, the largest single contributor last cycle was a political action committee — not an individual voter.May 22, 2026How we check every number before we publish itA walkthrough of our verification process, why we link to the original filing on every figure, and what we do when a number looks wrong.