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  1. 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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  2. Super PAC spending crosses $100 million: Where did it all go?

    By Keenan Steiner May 17, 2012 12:43 p.m.

    Now that super PACs' spending in the 2012 election has just crossed the $100 million spending mark—more than twice the amount spent in independent campaign expenditures by all outside groups at this point in the 2008 election--Sunlight decided to reflect on what else voters might have gotten for all that money.

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  3. Facebook in Washington: Baby steps of a giant

    By May 17, 2012 11:12 a.m.

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  4. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon met with Treasury Secretary on Volcker in March

    By Nancy Watzman May 16, 2012 2:34 p.m.

    Newly published meeting logs from the Treasury Department show that Jamie Dimon, CEO of embattled JPMorgan & Chase, had a private audience with Secretary Timothy Geithner to discuss the Volcker rule and other issues on March 6.

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  5. Trying to track JPMorgan? Treasury Dodd-Frank meeting logs not up to date

    By Nancy Watzman May 16, 2012 1:51 p.m.

    Updated 4:22 p.m. The Treasury Department has now fixed the link to March meetings with outside groups concerning implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. A spokesman also just called to thank us for alerting the agency to the missed deadline.

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  6. Super PAC profile: Ending Spending aids Palin-endorsed Senate hopeful in Nebraska

    By Kathy Kiely May 15, 2012 3:27 p.m.

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  7. JPMorgan better at hedging political bets than financial investments?

    By Lindsay Young May 15, 2012 12:42 p.m.

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. may have lost a $2 billion dollar bet on the markets, but the investment giant's campaign contributions show a much more conservative approach, featuring mega contributions to both political parties -- and both of this year's leading presidential candidates.

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  8. JPMorgan not alone

    By Nancy Watzman May 15, 2012 10:12 a.m.

    With the news focused on JPMorgan Chase & Company's $2 billion "mistake" and company's lobbying campaign at financial agencies to permit the sort of trades that led to the loss, it's worth reviewing some other examples where industry have pushed hard to limit the reach of the Dodd-Frank financial law, arguing as JPMorgan did against a heavy hand because they could handle the risk.

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  9. Super PAC profile: Twenty-something Ron Paul supporters found Liberty for All

    By Anupama Narayanswamy May 14, 2012 5:12 p.m.

    A new super PAC funded almost entirely by a 21-year-old Ron Paul supporter and run by a 24-year-old political consultant is putting big bucks behind a tea party candidate running in a Kentucky congressional race.

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  10. Stealthy Wealthy: Jerry Perenchio speaks softly, carries a big checkbook

    By Nancy Watzman May 14, 2012 11:54 a.m.

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  11. Happy Mothers Day! Policymakers stalled on breastfeeding in the workplace guidance

    By Nancy Watzman May 11, 2012 9:19 a.m.

    Many a working mother who nurses her baby faces a major challenge upon returning to her job: exactly where will she find the space and how will she find the time to pump milk so she can continue to breastfeed?

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  12. Momma's boy: Santorum holds congressional record for 'mother'

    By Kathy Kiely May 11, 2012 9:19 a.m.

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  13. Outspending peers, Club for Growth helps unseat Lugar

    By Keenan Steiner May 9, 2012 6:54 p.m.

    Sen. Richard Lugar's loss in yesterday's Indiana Republican primary — the third such primary loss for a Republican senator since 2010 — was a victory for state treasurer Richard Mourdock and the conservative wing of the Republican Party, which painted the six-term senator as too liberal. But, Lugar's loss may say more about the increasing role of outside money than either of the candidates in the race.

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  14. Anti-incumbent super PAC backs former incumbent turned lobbyist

    By Keenan Steiner May 7, 2012 7:55 p.m.

    The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a super PAC that's raised $2.5 million and has been active in about a dozen races across the country, maintains that long serving incumbents should be ousted because their campaigns are accountable to lobbyists, not district voters. Yet in one district, the challenger it's backing in Tuesday's Indiana primary is a former House member who went on to work as a registered lobbyist.

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