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Center for Public Integrity expands national security reporting team
Veteran foreign correspondent Douglas Birch is joining the Center for Public Integrity’s national security reporting team. Birch has reported from more than 20 countries, covered four wars, a dozen...
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U.S. seeks to outsource handling of Syrian chemical weapons
The Obama administration has quietly arranged for thousands of chemical protective suits and related items to be sent to Jordan and Turkey and is pressing the military forces there to take principal...
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Lawmakers in Southeast call for ethics reform
As lawmakers in three Southeastern states prepare for the 2013 legislative session, they’re finding bipartisan agreement on an unlikely agenda: ethics reform. Leaders in South Carolina and Florida have...
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Obama inauguration sponsors spent millions influencing government
President Barack Obama has long vowed to “take on” federal lobbyists, swearing off their campaign cash, curtailing access to his administration, and lately, directing his Presidential Inaugural...
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IMPACT: Maryland bill would protect homeowners from investors buying debt
Maryland lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to prevent Baltimore-area residents from losing their homes for failing to pay small municipal water bills —a stunning scenario detailed in a Center for...
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Bank of America, unions among newly named inauguration sponsors
Add Bank of America, Coca-Cola, FedEx and a collection of labor unions to the growing list of powerful lobbying forces underwriting the second inauguration of President Barack Obama — long a vocal...
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OPINION: differing notions of 'affordability'
For the first time in a long time, my former insurance colleagues and I agree on something: it’s time for affordability.Health insurers’ big PR and lobbying group, America’s Health Insurance Plans, has...
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Class-action suit challenges Massachusetts foster care system
The state of Massachusetts is going to trial this week, fighting accusations that it is systematically failing to protect children in foster care from allegedly unfit foster homes, physical abuse,...
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Fiscal cliff, elections boost spending on lobbying
Congress’ fiscal cliff fiasco, a flurry of lame duck legislation and election-season politics drove some of the nation’s most powerful lobbying forces to double down on their governmental influence...
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Te'o saga brings renewed criticism of Notre Dame
The 'Alice in Wonderland' saga of Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o and the girlfriend who turned out to be a hoax has ignited a new round of criticism over the school's handling of a sexual assault...
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A Close Call for the World’s Most Advanced Warplane?
A test pilot preparing for takeoff in what is billed as the world’s most advanced military aircraft made an unsettling discovery last week: A cockpit signal warned him of a fuel problem and closer...
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Expenditure profile: Crossroads Media
Rank: 2Clients’ expenditures: $163 million*Year founded: 2001Principal:Michael Dubke (founder)Patti Heck (president)Clients:American CrossroadsCrossroads GPSAmericans for Job SecurityCooperative of...
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Expenditure profile: Mentzer Media
Rank: 1Clients’ expenditures: $204 million*Year founded: 1991Principals:Bruce Mentzer (founder)Clients:Restore Our FutureAmericans for ProsperityAmerican Future FundCrossroads GPSAmerican Crossroads60...
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Expenditure Profile: American Media and Advocacy Group
Rank: 5Clients’ expenditures: $27 million*Principals: UnknownYear founded: 2012Website: NoneClientsAmerican Action NetworkCongressional Leadership FundEnding Spending Action FundThe Government...
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Expenditure Profile: Mundy Katowitz Media
Rank: 4Clients’ expenditures: $59 million*Year founded: 2002Website: munkato.comPrincipals:Carole Mundy (partner): Oversees the firm’s media planning and placement for multistate and national programs...
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Expenditure Profile: Waterfront Strategies
Rank: 3Clients’ expenditures: $81 million*Website: NonePrincipals:Raeylnn Olson (president)Clients:Majority PAC House Majority PACPatriot Majority USALeague of Conservation Voters End The...
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Nonprofit spends big on politics despite IRS limitation
Last fall, a cadre of wealthy business executives and conservative groups tried to sell California voters on new campaign finance reforms.Couched in lofty rhetoric about the importance of cutting off...
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OPINION: distorted spin from health insurers and their friendly front groups
In my book, Deadly Spin, I described the PR playbook health insurers, tobacco companies and other special interests use to influence public policy, often by deceptive means.One tried-and-true tactic...
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New feature tracks political influence
The Center for Public Integrity's Consider the Source project today launches Primary Source, a daily diary of developments in the post-Citizens United world of money in politics.Primary Source will...
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Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC created
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's political future may not be clear, but her backers have already created a new super PAC to support a potential 2016 presidential bid.A group called "Ready for...
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