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  1. Researching Shelby's earmarks using Poligraft

    By Anupama Narayanswamy Aug 6, 2010 12:45 p.m.

    Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., requested earmarks for at least ten companies that have been donors to the lawmaker in this election cycle. Five of those companies have been long-term contributors to Shelby.

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  2. Shelby smells a rat in S. 3217

    By Ryan Sibley Apr 29, 2010 3:44 p.m.

    Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala, doesn't believe the financial reform bill the Senate began debating today will actually regulate the large financial organizations whose risky actions threatened the entire economy in 2008. Instead, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee sees the bill as something that will further institutionalize bank bailouts in the future.

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  3. Financial Bailout: Who does Shelby see at his fundraisers?

    By Bill Allison Sep 24, 2008 2:44 a.m.

    Among Sen. Richard Shelby's top career donors are employees, their family members and PACs of the following players in the nation's financial meltdown: Citigroup ("written off and lost $53.6 billion through the credit crunch so far, which is more than any other bank or broker,") JPMorgan Chase & Co. (which bought Bear Stearns) and First American Corp. (a subsidiary of which appraises home values).

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