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  1. Protesters evicted at Republican convention event

    By Keenan Steiner Aug 30, 2012 11:47 a.m.

    “What have I done to be kicked off the property?” retired teacher Karen Saal asked a security guard outside the Crowne Plaza Tampa Westshore Hotel. The guard's answer: the hotel manager specifically asked that she go. And she wasn't alone. Officials were also ushering peace activists off the hotel property after they interrupted a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) honoring pro-Israel members of Congress during the Republican National Convention.

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  2. GOP convention through the eyes of Sunlight Live

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 29, 2012 4:55 p.m.

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  3. The three-tiered pyramid convention

    By Keenan Steiner Aug 29, 2012 1:36 p.m.

    (CORRECTION: This post has been updated to reflect a the correct time for today's YG Network event)

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  4. Arizona primaries: Mystery super PAC helps Quayle in redistricting matchup

    By Anupama Narayanswamy Aug 28, 2012 5:22 p.m.

    Freshman Rep. Ben Quayle, R-Ariz., is getting help from a mysterious super PAC whose treasurer hails from the other side of the country.

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  5. Taxpayers paying for convention observers

    By Keenan Steiner Aug 28, 2012 3:52 p.m.

    TAMPA -- Not everyone can afford to go to Tampa—but taxpayers are footing the bill for some executive branch officials: the members of the Federal Election Commission.

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  6. Sunlight Live covers the conventions

    By Joshua Hatch Aug 28, 2012 8:36 a.m.

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  7. Did AT&T rent out sprawling eatery to influence lawmakers all week?

    By Keenan Steiner Aug 27, 2012 3:34 p.m.

    TAMPA -- When Tampa Bay Online reported a few weeks back that a lobbyist rented out a sprawling, upscale restaurant for the whole week of the Republican National Convention, they provided a host of details about the restaurant, the big tabs that the GOP high rollers would run up there from early breakfasts to late hour sessions, even the fact that the lobbyist had run the same kind of insiders dining club at the last three Republican conventions. But they were unable to find out the lobbyist's name, or who he worked for.

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  8. Back to school: Privatizers turn to big screen to push charters, trigger laws

    By Becca Heller Aug 27, 2012 10:39 a.m.

    As school starts up, it seems a good time to take a look at the a well-financed political tussle for control of the blackboards and soon-to-be bustling halls. It's a battle that pits upstart entrepreneurs and big-name philanthropists against the well-oiled political machines of the nation's leading teacher's unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.

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  9. Do House freshmen speak differently?

    By Lee Drutman and Dan Drinkard Aug 24, 2012 11:17 a.m.

    Prices. Mother. Bless. Soldiers. Borrowing. Corporate. Abortion. Seniors.

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  10. Oops! What House freshmen deleted from Twitter

    By Lindsay Young and Kathryn Lucero Aug 24, 2012 10:06 a.m.

    Like other Twitter users, members of Congress delete and revise their tweets. Unlike most Twitter users, however, lawmakers maintain official accounts -- a use of taxpayer resources -- which is why the Sunlight Foundation considers them fair game to monitor for Politwoops, our database of deleted tweets by elected officials, launched earlier this year.

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  11. The phone booth caucus: House Democratic freshmen

    By Becca Heller Aug 23, 2012 6:20 p.m.

    Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the first black woman elected to Congress from Alabama, is the president of this year's small Democratic freshmen class. Those nine freshmen, dubbed the "noble nine" by supporters, elected the Harvard-educated lawyer as the leader of a small, but diverse class that includes four women, four African Americans and one openly gay member and one who identifies as Buddhist.

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  12. Headlining the RNC Convention: Fundraisers, Lobbyists and Shadowy Nonprofits

    By Keenan Steiner Aug 23, 2012 2:42 p.m.

    Once upon a time, the national Democratic and Republican political conventions were all about writing political platforms and nominating a presidential ticket. Once upon a time, convention planners relied heavily on public financing.

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  13. Profile: Rick Berg

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 23, 2012 10:26 a.m.

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  14. Rich kids in the freshmen class

    By Jake Harper Aug 23, 2012 10:24 a.m.

    Nearly two-fifths of the lawmakers swept into the House two years ago on a tide of populist anger appear to millionaires or near-millionaires.

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