Institute Index
March 8, 2012 -
The leading conservative advocacy group and its affiliated foundation have spent tens of millions of dollars attacking Democrats over the past couple of years, and now AFP is pledging to spend hundreds of millions to defeat President Obama. Where is all that cash coming from?
March 2, 2012 -
In the run-up to the Georgia primary, GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has been promising to bring the country $2.50-a-gallon gas -- what he's calling the "Newt Gallon." We take a by-the-numbers look at some hard realities behind that pledge.
February 24, 2012 -
For-profit businesses have contributed $31 million to date to super PACs, independent committees that can raise unlimited funds to influence elections -- and companies in Southern states have been especially generous.
February 16, 2012 -
A by-the-numbers look at the proposed spending plan that President Obama released this week.
February 8, 2012 -
The civil trial for the 2010 Gulf oil disaster is scheduled to get underway this month in New Orleans -- unless BP reaches a settlement with the federal government, which some think is likely.
February 2, 2012 -
New developments raise serious questions about whether Progress Energy will ever build two reactors planned for Levy County, Fla. -- but its customers are still on the hook for the billion-dollar planning bill.
January 24, 2012 -
With Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich erroneously claiming that "more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history," we take a by-the-numbers look at the food assistance program.
