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.

We've had our go at the Wall Street crisis and the role of campaign contributions in leading to it , now the Center for Responsive Politics wants to hear from you. They've a partnered with Helium on a writing contest about the Wall Street crisis and if your story is selected, you could win $100 for your work. 

Kelly Williams and Laura MacCleery of the Brennan Center write up an extensive analysis for The Hill's Congress Blog of the role campaign cash played in engineering the current economic crisis we find ourselves in, and why Fair and Clean Elections policy must be enacted at the federal level to safeguard against history repeating itself.