Daniel Newman

Executive Director, MapLight.org

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Executive Director and co-founder of Maplight.org, a nonpartisan research group that examines the connections between votes and campaign contributions

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News coverage of AIG bonuses, Bernie Madoff, CNBC's Jim Cramer and Treasury secretaries with ties to Wall Street has been relentless.

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