Facing critiicism about his corporate raiding through Bain Capital, Mitt Romney was asked on Wednesday, “are there no fair questions about the distribution of wealth without it being seen as envy, though?” He said in response that, “I think it’s fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms and discussions about tax policy and the like.”

Politico reports on a massive fundraiser Mitt Romney is having in New York City later this month, co-chaired and co-hosted by any number of Wall Street titans and wealthy New Yorkers, including at least six who have also donated to Romney’s “unaffiliated” super PAC, Restore Our Future.

Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from December 12 through December 16, 2011.

Tagg, you're it! The Huffington Post reports that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's son, Tagg, will be hitting up the K Street fundraising curcuit on behalf of his father on Wednesday. The event will feature a mostly under 40 crowd, and will have the added bonus of allowing the elder Romney to jet off to Manhattan for yet more fundraising with Wall Street 1%ers.

Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from December 5 through December 9, 2011.

Yesterday, Sens. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) and John Thune (R-S.D.) joined their Republican colleagues in blocking the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency created as part of the Wall Street reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010.

Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) sided with Wall Street today in joining his Republican colleagues in blocking the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created under the Wall Street reform legislation passed in 2010.

Next week, he’ll be rewarded at a fundraiser hosted by Wall Street lobbyists.

The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the office created as part of the Wall Street reform legislation passed in 2010.

Here's a recap of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) work from November 21 through December 2, 2011.

On October 7th, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) derided the Occupy Wall Street movement as a “mob” that was “pitting Americans against Americans.”