The Washington Post's Ezra Klein has a blog post today on how both major parties just can't stay away from Wall Street's campaign cash, even as debate over financial regulation goes on in Congress. 

The Wall Street Journal blog has a story today on how for the first time since 2004, Republicans, who are benefiting from staunchly opposing financial regulation legislation, are the recipients of more Wall Street campaign cash than Democrats.

Public Campaign Action fund and Common Cause issued a press release today in response to House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) quote in the Wall Street Journal asking if Wall Street had "buyers remorse" for giving campaign cash to Democrats.

A Huffington Post story today details the huge amount of campaign cash and lobbying expenses that have been doled out by the "Big Four" banks since 2000. The CEO's of the banks are appearing before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission today to discuss the financial industry collapse.

The Wall Street Journal reports that after taking a brief respite while receiving government bail-outs, Wall Street is upping their campaign giving and lobbying efforts to fight off finance industry regulation efforts in Congress.

David Donnelly, director of Campaign Money Watch, discusses what would appear to be a conflict of interest for Larry Summers, the director of the National Economic Council, who continues to accept large speaking fees from bailed out banks.