Tag: campaign finance reform
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October 24, 2006 09:03 PM EDT --
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger can't even wait for the election to take place to begin removing his sheep's clothing. Except for the timing, possibly, it shouldn't be a surprise . . .
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June 26, 2006 10:57 AM EDT --
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Vermont law that strictly limits how much money candidates for state office can raise and spend on their political campaigns.
By a 6-3 vote, the court ruled that the . . .
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September 11, 2007 10:32 AM EDT --
Money: the Necessary Evil in Politics!
Trying to keep the chipmunks from eating her tulips, my Grandma would say “shoe, shoe – go away!” That's what the Clinton Campaign is . . .
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September 18, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
The St. Louis Business Journal reports
"Investment firms have donated $9.9 million to Obama
and $6.9 million to McCain
this campaign so far, according to the Center for Responsive Politics . . .
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June 29, 2009 04:07 AM EDT --
I wrote an article "Who Pays Our Politicians?" and the first comment left was "It sucks don't it, so the solution is???" I just can't resist an invitation like. So, I'm putting my opinion . . .
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April 26, 2006 10:52 PM EDT --
The Associated Press reports that Matt Brown, Rhode Island's Democratic secretary of state, abandoned his bid to replace Rhode Island's Republican U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee. Brown ended his campaign . . .
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January 06, 2006 08:38 PM EST --
The Abramoff scandal has a lot of Americans angry and worried. Which it should. Influence peddling in Washington is a dirty business that takes the attention of our politicians away from what they should . . .
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September 17, 2008 07:14 AM EDT --
Opensecrets.Org recently published a list of the top recipients of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Surprise surprise! Many of the top beneficiaries of the company’s largess . . .
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August 01, 2009 06:16 PM EDT --
It is way beyond time to put the brakes on the lobbyists that highjack our elected representatives with campaign cash and highly paid seats on Corporate boards after they leave Gov't. Time to let . . .
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January 15, 2008 09:31 AM EST --
Many of us, especially those who are parents and Kentucky residents, have no trouble recalling situations in which we experienced empathetic humiliation for people who seemed totally oblivious to the . . .
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October 03, 2006 02:55 PM EDT --
Campaign money is a major factor in a politician's electoral success in the United States, and that is why campaign finance reform is a hot issue from time to time in the Senate and House of Representatives. . . .
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September 15, 2008 05:32 PM EDT --
According to OpenSecrets.Org
"Bundlers are people with friends in high places who, after bumping against personal contribution limits, turn to those friends, associates, and, well, anyone . . .
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September 02, 2009 10:48 PM EDT --
The United States Supreme Court (AP)
The Supreme Court convenes next week to hear the case against “Hillary: The Movie,” and a constitutional challenge to campaign finance law. We'll . . .
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September 08, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
Article originally published by Townhall.com on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
As I have traveled the country in connection with my campaign for President, I have been inspired by the commitment of countless . . .
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February 13, 2002 12:00 AM EST --
Rundown
Campaign Finance Reform
What's in a campaign? Host David Brancacico talks with media analyst Marty Kaplan about exactly what political hopefuls need to spend money on, and where they can . . .
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August 31, 2008 03:39 PM EDT --
In what some are calling the most innovative plan ever, presidential hopeful, John McCain, proves he has a dream, and leaves Obama's promise of change spinning hopelessly in the dust. Selecting . . .
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January 22, 2001 12:00 AM EST --
It's Monday, Jaunary 22, 2001.
If you thought a budget surplus is a good thing, listen to Senator Phil Gramm of Texas. Calling the extra money the U.S. Treasury has over and above expenses an "anchor" . . .
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January 18, 2006 11:13 AM EST --
Interesting…
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts expressed doubts Tuesday about legal restrictions on political ads by outside groups as the Supreme Court took up a new challenge to the McCain-Feingold . . .
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December 27, 2006 10:25 PM EST --
The Clean Politics Act of 2008: A Draft Ballot Proposal
Introduction
The political atmosphere in the United States is becoming so polluted that it is beginning to choke and stifle our democracy. . . .
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June 29, 2006 09:18 AM EDT --
Campaign finance reform is what it pretends to combat:
corruption. The Supreme Court should have said something like that when it struck down, as unconstitutional abridgments of free speech, Vermont's . . .
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