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  1. Koch brother among donors to Mark Sanford redemption run

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 8, 2013 8:43 a.m.

    Updated 1:44 p.m. 3/8

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  2. Obama visits GOP givers to make a point about sequestration

    By Kathy Kiely Feb 25, 2013 5:04 p.m.

    When President Barack Obama travels Tuesday to the historic Newport News Shipbuilding facility to make a point about the potential damage from the looming sequestration axe, he'll be making a political point in more ways than one.

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  3. Supreme Court to review limits on campaign contributions

    By Bill Allison Feb 19, 2013 5:21 p.m.

    A case that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear next fall challenges campaign spending limits that have been in place since the Watergate scandal that toppled President Richard Nixon.

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  4. What big donors would like to hear in the State of the Union

    By Bill Allison, Caitlin MacNeal and Jake Harper Feb 12, 2013 11:02 a.m.

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  5. Inside spending: super PACs, dark money groups dominated by political insiders

    By Bill Allison Jan 23, 2013 9:38 a.m.

    By suppressing the speech of manifold corporations, both for-profit and nonprofit, the Government prevents their voices and viewpoints from reaching the public and advising voters on which persons or entities are hostile to their interests.

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  6. Happy Birthday Richard Nixon -- RIP campaign finance reform?

    By Kathy Kiely and Bill Allison Jan 9, 2013 8:54 a.m.

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  7. FEC considers whether company can solicit PAC contributions from its dealers

    By Keenan Steiner Dec 6, 2012 6:49 p.m.

    Can Slim Jim solicit employees of 7-11 for donations to its political action committee? 

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  8. Outside spenders' return on investment: Capitol Hill edition

    By Lindsay Young Nov 29, 2012 9:50 a.m.

    Sunlight calculates outside spenders return on investment for congressional races and hosts a webinar on how to use the data

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  9. So long Twinkie; so long political sugar

    By Becca Heller Nov 16, 2012 3:39 p.m.

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  10. Five reasons big money still matters after Election Day 2012

    By Bill Allison Nov 13, 2012 10:52 a.m.

    Just because some big players lost their shirts with their Election Day gamble doesn't mean Big Money won't be back at the table in upcoming contests.

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  11. What we learned: 10 lessons from the campaign brought to you by Citizens United

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Nov 6, 2012 7:45 a.m.

    For the candidates, it's all over except for the voting, but for those of us who follow money in politics, it will take months to close the books on what will be the most expensive election in history. Meanwhile, here are a few lessons we learned in the brave new world of unlimited political money:

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  12. Mayor Mike Bloomberg's superstorm of 11th hour political donations

    By Jacob Fenton Oct 31, 2012 3:44 p.m.

    With New York City struggling to recover from Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to begin airing political ads for his favorite candidates around the country through his newly-created super PAC.

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  13. Web of union giving

    By Kathryn Lucero Oct 29, 2012 8 a.m.

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  14. Censored? Information goes missing from political ad files

    By Jake Harper Oct 25, 2012 10:14 a.m.

    The Federal Communication Commission's online political ad database is supposed to make information about heavy political hitters more accessible, but a lack of clarity in the rules has resulted in some stations effectively censoring what the public is permitted to see.

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