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  1. Republicans in tight House races on top in the money game

    By Anupama Narayanswamy Oct 19, 2012 4:32 p.m.

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  2. Stealthy Wealthy: Franklin Haney built real estate empire with government help

    By Nancy Watzman Oct 18, 2012 10:37 a.m.

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  3. Democratic super PACs come into their own

    By Jacob Fenton and Nancy Watzman Oct 16, 2012 3:38 p.m.

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  4. Americans for Tax Reform drops $2 million in one day

    By Jake Harper Oct 14, 2012 1:32 p.m.

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  5. One week's outside political spending: $100 million

    By Jake Harper Oct 12, 2012 12:42 p.m.

    The weekly total of outside spending has skyrocketed from $26.2 million in the second week of September to more than $102.3 million for the week that ended Thursday.

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  6. Political Ad Sleuth debuts: Track the money behind the campaign ads

    By Kathy Kiely and Jake Harper Oct 10, 2012 6:33 a.m.

    Above Las Vegas last week, the air invisibly crackled with attacks and counter-attacks by candidates for a House and a Senate seat -- not to mention President Obama, his rival Mitt Romney and their backers. In Denver, there was a clash of political fronts:  Outside groups like Planned Parenthood and Crossroads GPS competed for airtime with each other, as well as the candidates they are supporting.

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  7. Solid blue states attracting a lot of political green

    By Jake Harper Oct 5, 2012 12:58 p.m.

    Republican groups are pumping millions into states usually thought of as Democratic strongholds, seeking to tip competitive House races into their favor. The result? Three big Democratic states -- California, New York and Illinois--are the top targets for outside spending in congressional races, according to the Sunlight Foundation's Follow the Unlimited Money.

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  8. Target Nevada: Silver State drawing lots of green from campaigns

    By Kathy Kiely Oct 1, 2012 12:25 p.m.

    Nevada is used to high rollers, but the state has special reason to be blase about this set.

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  9. Buzzfeed's five surprising charts show impact of Citizens United

    By Bill Allison Sep 27, 2012 3:02 p.m.

    Buzzfeed offers five surprising charts about political money in the 2012 election cycle, feeding off of this recent release from the Federal Election Commission tallying up contributions and spending through June 2012. What they show--by omission--is how much Citizens United and subsequent court decisions and FEC rulings have changed the way campaigns raise and spend money. A few examples:

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  10. No close call here: NFL's political donations tilt Republican

    By Louis Serino Sep 26, 2012 7:50 p.m.

    The National Football League bigwigs who early this morning conceded defeat in an ongoing labor dispute -- after a week in which their internal politics have been on embarrassing display -- like to play politics themselves, and tend to favor the party with the most adversarial relationship with unions.

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  11. The money bombers: Which outside spenders have the most for the homestretch?

    By Kathy Kiely Sep 21, 2012 11:06 a.m.

    Heading into the final stages of the 2012 campaign, the super PAC in position to have the biggest impact, by far and away, is American Crossroads, Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker shows.

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  12. Democratic convention watch: Join the conversation tonight

    By Kathy Kiely Sep 5, 2012 1:33 p.m.

    The Sunlight Foundation is at the Democratic convention, literally and virtually, and you can join us online Wednesday and Thursday nights.

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  13. Corporate funded nonprofit works at nexus of politics and entertainment

    By Nancy Watzman Aug 31, 2012 12:17 p.m.

    A corporate-funded nonprofit organization that operates out of a Washington, DC lobbying firm's offices and describes itself as working in the "nexus between the entertainment community and Washington" will be helping to host a "high-profile evening event" on Tuesday at the Democratic convention in Charlotte.

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  14. Election law? What election law?

    By Kathy Kiely Aug 31, 2012 8:37 a.m.

    A Republican lawyer wonders where the FEC enforcers are and a donor sneaks a reporter into a Karl Rove meeting for financiers. Are even the bankrollers getting fed up with the political big money game?

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