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Super PACs play big in Texas
By Keenan Steiner May 30, 2012 9:59 a.m.A flood of tea party money reshaped the Texas political landscape Tuesday, ousting a seven-term Democratic congressman who had campaign help from former President Bill Clinton, and forcing a one-time favorite for the Republican Senate nomination into a runoff.
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Opposition grows to Jamie Dimon role at Federal Reserve
By Lindsay Young May 29, 2012 1:52 p.m.A grassroots movement with some big name support is calling for Washington’s favorite banker to cut his ties with the Fed. Some 30,000 signatures have been collected on a Change.org petition urging that the chief executive of embattled JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, resign or be removed from the New York Federal Reserve's board of directors. The petition creator, Simon Johnson, is the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. In the past Change.org waged successful campaigns on issues ranging form the Bank of America debit card fee, to working conditions in Apple’s Chinese factories.
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Romney super PAC challenges FEC on disclosure
By Keenan Steiner May 28, 2012 4:48 p.m.The Federal Election Commission is trying to get some of the country's top super PACs to be more open about where they spent their money -- and is getting shrugged off by the super PAC supporting Mitt Romney.
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Most Memorial Day mentions in Congress come from non-veterans
By Kathy Kiely May 25, 2012 10:22 a.m.
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FEC likely to OK campaign contributions via text message
By Keenan Steiner May 24, 2012 5:56 p.m.In a busy day at the Federal Election Commission, commissioners on Thursday appeared ready to approve a proposal to allow small campaign donations via cell phone carriers, and, in a separate case, said they would a consider whether a congressional challenger's ads for his plumbing company have to be treated as electioneering communications.
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Despite 'unlikes' over Facebook, Morgan Stanley still has friends in high places
By Lindsay Young May 24, 2012 1:40 p.m.
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California dreaming: Obama bags big political donations in Silicon Valley, Hollywood
By Keenan Steiner May 23, 2012 4:45 p.m.For President Obama, there's gold in the Golden State. According to the California News Service, he's making his 15th trip to the state as president, trips that have included 35 fundraisers. Many of those have oscillated between two important fundraising constituences for the president -- Hollywood and Silicon Valley. With Obama's three fundraisers today and tomorrow, this time it's NorCal's tech community that is getting the chance to shower multi-thousand dollar checks to the president.
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Super PACs spent almost $1 million in Tuesday's primaries
By Anupama Narayanswamy May 23, 2012 3:16 p.m.
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Private equity invests in lawmakers
By Nancy Watzman May 23, 2012 1:14 p.m.Whether or not the much-in-the-news private equity industry has been the bane of the economy or a job creator, one fact remains uncontested: it has been very, very good for political fundraising, for Republicans and Democrats alike.
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Broadcasters sue to keep political ad files offline
By Keenan Steiner May 22, 2012 3:33 p.m.The nation's broadcasters sued the Federal Communications Commission Monday over a rule that requires them to post political ads bought at some stations online.
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Super donors provide bulk of money to super PACs
By Anupama Narayanswamy May 22, 2012 12:07 p.m.Super PACs have broken the $200 million mark in donations and $100 million in spending, with much of the money coming from a few donors with deep pockets whose largesse has changed the dynamics of political campaigning.
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SpaceX blasts off literally and politically
By Kathy Kiely May 22, 2012 10:34 a.m.
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Dangerous medical device 'loophole' still wide open
By Nancy Watzman May 21, 2012 2:47 p.m.Consumer groups are crying foul over bipartisan legislation to extend user fees for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. They say that the bill, which the Senate hopes to pass this week, is missing a provision that would close a dangerous loophole in medical device safety.
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Million dollar check club: Who's writing big checks to super PACs
By Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group May 21, 2012 12:21 p.m.There's always been ways for big money to find its way into politics, but one of the changes ushered in by the super PAC era is the opportunity to flaunt it.
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