Tag Archives: Brian Bilbray

The UT case raises a larger question about whether regulators can enforce the rules of fairness in a multimedia world. Read More »

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Super PACs, which can raise and spend virtually without limits, have plowed $4 million dollars into the race. Almost all of it was spent on negative ads. Read More »

By Kevin Crowe and Ryann Grochowski I-Newsource In the race for the 52nd Congressional District, political action committees and a candidate with deep pockets are the major financial players. But, individual donors are almost perfectly split on the two remaining candidates. Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray has outraised Port Commissioner Scott Peters, a Democrat, almost two to one during the campaign, ... Read More »

by Ryann Grochowski | inewsource Big money has been pouring into the Congressional race for San Diego’s 52nd district since its boundaries were redrawn and it suddenly became wide open territory. Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray is at the head of the fundraising frenzy, collecting about $1 million overall — twice as much as his nearest opponent has raised. A chunk ... Read More »

To examine Congressman Brian Bilbray’s ties to industries, companies and groups, inewsource used a variety of public records, including: Campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Elections Committee to determine who gave money to his campaign and his leadership political action committee. We also utilized the search engines and analysis on OpenSecrets, a website run by the Center for Responsive ... Read More »

Rep. Brian Bilbray is still is refusing to talk about the cigar club parties he and his senior staff attended with lobbyists at the soirées. Read More »

While Congress was on recess during the past month, Rep. Bilbray was spending time with family in San Diego handling matters related to his mother’s death. Read More »

Months after Rep. Bilbray sponsored a Congressional cigar club, he introduced legislation that would benefit some of those lobbyists’ clients. Read More »