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Tax preparers lobby heavily against simple filing
By Louis Serino Apr 15, 2013 9:38 a.m.As Americans struggle through complex rules and messy paperwork to meet today's deadline for filing their income taxes, it might be somewhat comforting to know that making the whole arduous process simpler and more transparent has long been a goal of President Barack Obama as well as prominent Republicans in Congress, and that it's being discussed again this year.
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Immigration: Give me your poor, your tired . . . your lobbyists?
By Anupama Narayanswamy Mar 21, 2013 9:59 a.m.Long before the last election put new political momentum behind the stalled efforts to enact a comprehensive update of the nation's immigration laws, Washington's influence industry was teed up to make it a titanic battle, an analysis of lobbying disclosures by the Sunlight Foundation shows.
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Conservatives hail Mitt, each other in Denver
By Kathryn Lucero Oct 4, 2012 5:26 p.m.Our Denver-based colleague, Nancy Watzman, caught some of the big speakers at Wednesday's Conservative Political Action Conference in Denver.
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Conservative stars gather for apres-debate confab in Denver
By Nancy Watzman Oct 4, 2012 9:46 a.m.This post has been updated.
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Special interests honor Congress, executive branch with nearly $19 million in 2011
By Keenan Steiner Aug 2, 2012 12:31 p.m.Spurred by reports that Smartphone software made by Google and Apple could violate users' privacy, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee called executives from the companies to testify in May 2011. For the most part, the senators were uncharacteristically deferential to the hi-tech titans appearing before their panel. In his brief opening statement, ranking member Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said, “We need a whole lot more information and knowledge in terms of those of us on the legislative side before we come to conclusions about what needs to be done.”
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Utah sees $1.6 million in outside spending, including a corporation
By Lindsay Young Jun 26, 2012 11:50 a.m.Spending by outside interest groups helped force Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, into a primary, but the veteran lawmaker, comfortably ahead in Tuesday's race according to an election eve poll, is benefiting from some home state corporate love.
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Charlie Rangel's challenge: The end of an era?
By Breanna Edwards Jun 26, 2012 10:19 a.m.It has the potential to be a primary that makes history. The seat at stake, in New York's 13th Congressional District, has been a place where black politicians have flourished -- the place where Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. became the Empire State's first African American elected to Congress.
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Fight to oust Hatch fuels a $1 million outside money blitz
By Keenan Steiner Mar 16, 2012 12:08 p.m.With Sen. Orrin Hatch appearing to pass a first crucial political test on Thursday night when his supporters swelled attendance at GOP caucus meetings in his state to record numbers, the inundation of outside money in the Utah Senate race may only pick up steam. Super PACs have played a bigger role in the multi-stage contest that will decide the 36-year Senate veteran's fate than any other 2012 congressional contest so far. And that's not even counting the money spent by a nonprofit group spending hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting Senator Hatch.
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Money to burn? Flush GOP-linked groups host swanky D.C. forum
By Keenan Steiner Feb 15, 2012 6:17 p.m.Not all dark money flows in the same direction. That was one lesson that could be drawn this week as two deep-pocketed sister nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and American Action Network, provided a forum for Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to highlight his conservative credentials.
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Some lobbyists’ gifts to lawmakers' pet causes remain in the dark
By Keenan Steiner Jul 12, 2011 8:27 a.m.In the past two years, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have donated tens of thousands of dollars to a Florida nonprofit where congresswoman Corrine Brown, D-Fla., serves on the board of directors. Yet JPMorgan disclosed this contribution in a lobbying report while Bank of America did not.
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