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Canadian-owned firm's mega-donation to super PAC raises ‘legal red flags’
A million-dollar donation by a foreign-owned corporation to a Republican super PAC has raised legal concerns and opened up the controversial Citizens United Supreme Court decision to new...
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Suit alleges retaliation for exposure of upcoding
Paula Sellers suspected the small Nevada hospital where she worked was overcharging Medicare and other health insurers for some emergency room services.Sellers ran Boulder City Hospital’s health...
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Daily Disclosure: California contest tops outside spending in House races
The U.S. House race between Republican Rep. Dan Lungren and physician Ami Bera in central California has already seen more outside money than any other House race, and with a new campaign from the...
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Top House Republicans demand suspension of electronic medical records program
Four Republican House leaders want federal officials to suspend payments to hospitals and doctors who switch from paper to electronic health records, arguing the program may be wasting billions of tax...
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OPINION: Romney's phony answers to tough health care questions
During last week’s debate, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney once again pledged to repeal Obamacare, but he was light on details about what he would replace it with, other than to suggest that his...
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Big donors give far and wide, influence out-of-state races, issues
The focus on billionaires’ and corporations’ contributions to Super PACs this year has highlighted the impact of the rich and powerful on the presidential campaigns.But an analysis by the...
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Daily Disclosure: Firefighters mad at Denny Rehberg over lawsuit
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg cost taxpayers in his constituency more than $20,000 when he and his wife sued the city of Billings, Mont., and its fire department in 2010 for damage caused to their property...
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Nonprofit profile: Patriot Majority USA
Type of organization: 501 (c)(4)Supports candidate: DemocratsLocation: Washington, D.C.Founded: 2010Web site: http://patriotmajority.org/Social media: YouTube, Twitter, FacebookFinances (calendar year...
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Daily Disclosure: Dems looking to pick up Chicagoland seats
Redistricting in the Chicago metro area has endangered Republicans that hold House seats in the already Democrat-dominated region and attracted some major spending by a labor union and a liberal super...
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Romney benefits from post-Citizens United spending
Since Labor Day, the once-unofficial start of the election season, 70 percent of outside spending on the presidential race made possible by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision has benefited...
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Pro-environment group gave grant to conservative nonprofit
“Environmentalists punish companies without protecting people” is the headline of a column that appeared on the website of the American Action Forum a year ago.The group has called for increased...
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Daily Disclosure: Union-funded ads slam Allen in Virginia Senate race
Three labor unions have teamed up to try to thwart the election prospects of former Sen. George Allen, the Republican running for U.S. Senate in Virginia.The political action committees of the...
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Daily Disclosure: Ads quick to criticize after VP debate
Last night’s debate between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan has already produced at least two ads from outside spenders criticizing both the style and...
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OPINION: Myths of the healthy uninsured
I understand where Mitt Romney was coming from when he said last week that Americans without health insurance don’t have to worry about dying at home.“We don’t have people that become ill, who die in...
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Obama order protects intelligence community whistleblowers
President Barack Obama signed an executive order last week creating new protections for national security and intelligence community whistleblowers, effectively sidestepping a congressional impasse...
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Daily Disclosure: Web video implies Biden ‘on something’ in debate
Americans for Limited Government, a well-funded, shadowy nonprofit that has released a series of videos attacking the administration of President Barack Obama, released a new one that implies Vice...
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Debate preview: Who can be the toughest on global challenges?
Closely-fought presidential campaigns can confound expectations by constricting — rather than broadening — public debate about significant policy issues, a phenomenon most recently on display during...
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Daily Disclosure: Smaller super PACs target down-ticket races
A new batch of super PAC donor information arrived at the Federal Election Commission Monday, and among the top contributors was the nonprofit Americans for Limited Government, profiled by the Daily...
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IMPACT: Administration official asks for Medicare billing review
The nation’s top health information technology official has launched an internal review to determine if electronic health records are prompting some doctors and hospitals to overbill Medicare.Dr....
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Lobbyists rake in $14 million for Romney
As Republican Mitt Romney works to unify the party faithful behind him, the number of lobbyists raising money to help him secure the White House has soared.More than five-dozen lobbyist-bundlers have...
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