Trying to understand the bailout?

If you're trying to understand the proposed $700 bailout of the nation's financial industry, the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan watchdog group, has some answers.

The Sunlight Foundation is tracing the interests influencing members of Congress as they grapple with the proposed bailout.

Check out Real Time Investigations blog: http://realtime.sunlightprojects.org/ 

According to the foundation, in-house lobbyists and hired guns of eight major players in the financial crisis have themselves donated $380,000 in campaign cash to members of the Senate Banking Committee in the first six months of 2008. They've also given $144,000 to six key members of the House Financial Services Committee, including $63,500 to Rep. Barney Frank, the chairman.