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Daily Disclosure: Bauer-backed super PAC assails president
President Barack Obama has the dictator vote, at least according to a super PAC run by evangelical leader Gary Bauer.Hours before Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney began a debate on foreign policy,...
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Daily Disclosure: Mitt Romney 'genuinely cares'
Mitt Romney hasn't talked much about his charitable work in public, and with outside spending focused on attack ads, even Republicans have been concerned that the GOP presidential nominee appears too...
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Ameritrade founder, auto union among top super PAC donors
Joe Ricketts, a billionaire who pioneered online stock trading by founding TD Ameritrade Inc., was far and away the biggest donor to super PACs last month, having given $11.4 million to the Ending...
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Dark-horse presidential candidates berate role of money in politics
While President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, heartily disagree about the role of money in politics, campaign finance reform was never breached in any of the three...
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IMPACT: HHS IG pledges focus on Medicare billing abuse involving electronic...
Federal officials will focus on possible Medicare overbilling by doctors and hospitals that use electronic medical records, a top government fraud investigator said Wednesday, in announcing...
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Justice Department alleges 'school to prison pipeline' in Mississippi
Arguing that African-American and disabled students’ rights are being systematically violated, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an unusual lawsuit Wednesday against the state of Mississippi,...
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Daily Disclosure: Adelson spends big on Virginia U.S. Senate race
Big outside money is pouring into the race for U.S. Senate in Virginia, and for one super PAC, “outside” means from across the country.Independence Virginia, a super PAC supporting former U.S. Senator...
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Daily Disclosure: Chevron gives $2.5 million to conservative super PAC
The dearth of large contributions being made by big corporations to super PACs so far this election has ended.Chevron Corp., ranked No. 3 on the Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. companies, made a $2.5...
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Mystery deepens over origins of nonprofit battling Montana spending limits
The origin story of the secretive nonprofit that is leading efforts to invalidate Montana’s campaign finance laws keeps getting murkier.In a document filed with the Internal Revenue Service, the group...
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Secret money thrives in presidential, high-profile congressional contests
Editor's note: This story was first published by the Center for Responsive Politics, where Robert Maguire is a researcher and Viveca Novak is the editorial and communications director. When Crossroads...
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Donor profile: Republican Governors Association
Ranking: 8Total contributions to super PACs: $8.3 million*$6.8 million to RGA Right Direction PAC (pro-Republican)$1.5 million to Republican Governors Association Ohio (pro-Republican)Notable...
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OPINION: Who wins with Medicare Advantage?
The big five health insurance companies have begun reporting their third quarter 2012 earnings and so far, they are pleasing their shareholders with profits that are better than Wall Street expected,...
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Daily Disclosure: Congressman gets help from Chevron-powered super PAC
After Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, cancelled more than $800,000 in network television advertising last week, the conservative Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC stepped in to fill the void.Renacci, a...
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Super PACs, nonprofits favored Romney over Obama
Super PACs and nonprofits unleashed by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision have spent more than $840 million on the 2012 election, with the overwhelming majority favoring Republicans,...
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Daily Disclosure: Tennessee congressman targeted in ads over alleged affair
Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee was hit for the second time in as many weeks over an alleged affair he had with a patient, whom he reportedly pressured to have an abortion.The second ad...
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Outside groups outspend candidates in 26 House races
Editor's note: This story was also published by the Center for Responsive Politics, where Viveca Novak is the editorial and communications director. Illinois' 17th Congressional District looks like it...
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Nonprofits, shell corporations help shield identity of ad backers
In the 2012 election, nonprofits have been the preferred vehicle for donors who prefer to keep their identities secret. But with the right lawyers, super PACs, which are supposedly transparent about...
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House candidates draw one-campaign super PACs
Candidate-specific super PACs, once exclusively associated with presidential hopefuls, have moved down-ticket and are now supporting candidates in congressional races this election.Super PACs devoted...
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Detroit refinery expansion adds more Canadian crude, brings more worries
DETROIT — In an economically distressed pocket of southwest Detroit known by its ZIP code — 48217 — the weekend of September 7-9 was one of the worst, pollution-wise, residents like Theresa Shaw could...
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Daily Disclosure: Super PACs aim to spook voters with Halloween ads
Outside spenders are getting in the holiday spirit with Halloween-themed ads designed to scare voters away from the targeted candidates.A foggy cemetery, a haunted house and shadowy figures loom in...
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