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Resources for understanding the fiscal cliff
If Congress and President Obama fail to reach an agreement by Dec. 31, a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts will occurr. How did we get here, what are some possible solutions and what...
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After big U.S. Supreme Court win, Montana nonprofit suffers string of losses
The secretive nonprofit known for its efforts to dismantle Montana’s campaign finance laws has had a rough go of it lately.In November, American Tradition Partnership failed to sink Democrat Steve...
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FACT CHECK: Facing facts on fiscal cliff
The U.S. faces the possibility of another recession — the third in 11 years — if President Obama and Congress cannot find a way to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. The one-two combination of massive...
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Last-minute mega-donations fueled super PAC attacks
Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson gave $1 million to a super PAC active in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race during the campaign’s final days, a fact unknown to voters until long after polls...
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A move to cut dependence on bomb grade uranium in medical isotopes
The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to modify the Medicare payment system for radiological isotopes used in diagnostic procedures despite concerns that the change would not do enough...
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OPINION: the need for tougher regulation
I’ve often said that the Affordable Care Act is the end of the beginning of health reform. It addresses many problems associated with health insurance, but more must be done to control costs and...
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FEMA program finances dubious counter-terror toys
Officials in central Indianapolis thought deeply a few years back about what equipment they needed to defend against a local attack involving weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical arms or a...
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Global power will shift by 2030
The U.S. intelligence community has confirmed in a new report that global power in the future will not be marked by the deployment of large military force or arsenals of nuclear weapons, two measures...
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GOP gov's group raises $100 million in mostly losing effort
Despite outraising its Democratic counterpart by a 2-to-1 margin, the Republican Governors Association won only four of 11 races in the 2012 election, a far cry from the success it enjoyed two years...
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ALEC's decades of 'right-to-work' effort pay off in Michigan
Amid protests by labor unions, and objections from the state’s congressional delegation and even the president, Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed a “right-to-work” bill into law Tuesday,...
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'School to prison pipeline' hit on Capitol Hill
The so-called “school to prison pipeline” — which has been the subject of several Center for Public Integrity stories —was the focus of new attention on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Sen. Dick Durbin...
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'Fiscal cliff' ads target candidates in 2014
Hope that negotiations over the so-called “fiscal cliff” will avoid partisan politics were dashed this week as a round of ads targeting four precariously positioned Senate Democrats hit the...
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Feds tighten scrutiny of health records
Federal officials, in an apparent effort to clamp down on Medicare fraud and abuse, are tightening scrutiny of the growing numbers of doctors who rely on electronic medical records to bill for their...
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OPINION: don't raise the Medicare eligibility age
Over the past couple of years I’ve met many people who, as my mother would suggest, were wishing their life away. But I quickly understood why.These were folks in their early 60s—and even some in their...
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After Sandy Hook shootings, NRA campaign clout still formidable
The National Rifle Association is keeping silent in response to calls for gun control measures in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Yet the massive trail of...
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Tennessee county to overhaul juvenile system
After a three-year investigation, authorities in Shelby County, Tenn. signed an agreement Monday with the U.S. Department of Justice to revamp a juvenile-justice system federal officials said was...
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Fiscal cliff politics: Dems target GOP House members
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running radio and Web ads that target 21 vulnerable Republican House members for “holding the middle class hostage” during the fiscal cliff...
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'They were not thinking of him as a human being'
CHICAGO — By the time Carlos Centeno arrived at the Loyola University Hospital Burn Center, more than 98 minutes had elapsed since his head, torso, arms and legs had been scalded by a 185-degree...
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Politico's Dave Levinthal joins Center for Public Integrity
Esteemed political journalist Dave Levinthal will join the Center for Public Integrity Jan. 7 as a senior member of its team investigating the impact of the ever-increasing flow of money in...
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Surveillance cameras were still in boxes at Benghazi mission
The deaths of four Americans in Benghazi on Sept. 11, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, stemmed from systemic shortcomings in the State Department’s handling of diplomatic security, according to...
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