New Publications

Check here for new reports and fact sheets on the 2008 presidential candidates' fundraising operations.

Fact Sheets

• Watchdogs compare John McCain and Barack Obama on donor disclosure, August 4, 2008.
• Where are they now? Bundlers from previous campaigns working for 2008 presidential candidates, Updated March 10, 2008
• Candidates' disclosure policies, July 26, 2007 [Updated July 27, 2007]

Letters to Candidates

Read letters to the presidential candidates. [Updated September 17, 2008.]

Reports

Number of Lobbyist-Fundraisers for 2008 Presidential Candidates Likely to Eclipse 2004 Totals [pdf version here], Jan. 29, 2008 [Updated March 10, 2008]
Fundraising Central: Majority of Presidential Bundlers and Other Fundraisers Hail from Only Five U.S. Industries: Lawyers and Law Firms, Three Finance Industries,and Real Estate, [PDF] Dec. 20, 2007
Number of Lobbyist-Fundraisers for 2008 Presidential Candidates Likely to Eclipse 2004 Totals, Sept. 6, 2007

Media

• Reform Groups Ask McCain, Obama to Promise to Reject Soft Money if Elected, Limit Appointment of Fundraisers Sept. 17, 2008 (Press Release)
• 'Mega-donors' Pump Millions Into McCain's Presidential Campaign, Public Citizen Analysis Shows July 18, 2008 (Press Release)
• Campaign Finance Reform Groups Urge Presidential Candidates to Reveal More Donor Information June. 25, 2008 (Press Release)
• Obama's Broken Promise on Public Funding of Elections is Disappointment June 19, 2008 (Press Release)
• Notice to All Presidential Candidates: Quit Playing Politics with the Public Financing System Feb. 21, 2008 (Press Release)
• Lobbyists Playing Bigger Role in Presidential Fundraising Jan. 29, 2008 (Press Release)
• Presidential Candidates Should Disclose Fundraising Activities, Public Citizen Says Jan. 17, 2008 (Press Release)
• Legal, Financial and Real Estate Industries Dominate Presidential Fundraising, Study Shows Dec. 20, 2007 (Press Release)
• Much-Needed Legislation Would Overhaul the Financing of Presidential Campaigns Dec. 5, 2007 (Press Release)
• Number of Lobbyist-Fundraisers for 2008 Presidential Candidates on Pace to Eclipse 2004 Sept. 6, 2007 (Press Release)
• Public Citizen Urges Presidential Candidates to Improve Disclosure of Bundlers, August 8, 2007 (Press Release)
• Revamped WhiteHouseForSale Web Site Tracks 2008 Presidential Candidates’ “Bundlers”, July 26, 2007 (Press Release)
• Campaign Bundlers Exposed by Revitalized Public Citizen Web Resource, July 26, 2007 (Statement of Laura MacCleery, Director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch Division)
• Listen to the press conference for the release of White House for Sale, July 26, 2007

Previous Reports

(05/22/06) The Bankrollers: Lobbyists' Payments to the Lawmakers they Court, 1998-2006

• Read the press release
• Read the report

(1/18/05) Bush's 2005 Inauguration Celebration: Brought to You by Corporate America

• Read the press release
• Read the report

(12/02/04) Final Analysis: A Few People Dominate the Giving

• Read the press release
• Read the report

(10/27/04) Corporate Cronies: How the Bush Administration Has Stalled A Major Corporate Reform and Placed the Interests of Corporate Donors over the Nation’s Investors

• Read the press release
• Read the report

(10/18/04) Homeland Unsecured: The Bush Administration’s Hostility to Regulation and Ties to Industry Leave America Vulnerable

• Read the press release
• Read the report

(05/5/04) America's Dirtiest Power Plants: Plugged into the Bush Administration

• Read the press release
• Read the report

(03/3/04) Bush Campaign Ads: Brought to You by... Special Interests

• Read the press release
• Read the report

(10/10/03) EPA’s Smoke Screen: How Congress Was Given False Information While Campaign Contributions and Political Connections Gutted a Key Clean Air Rule

• Read the press release
• Read the report