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Tangled web: The IRS role in campaign finance
By Nancy Watzman May 15, 2013 10:28 a.m.
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Pro-Obama group insists it's not selling access
By Keenan Steiner Mar 13, 2013 6:22 p.m.As donors and Democratic activists meet with President Obama surrogates today and tomorrow to discuss the launch of a political nonprofit group that will help advance president's agenda, new details have emerged about it. But not the list of high rollers who have been asked to pay $50,000 to dine tonight with the president.
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Controversial Arizona nonprofit drops $1 million against Obama
By Keenan Steiner Oct 30, 2012 3:27 p.m.In the past week, a GOP-led dark money group from Arizona that had barely spent any money on federal races has dropped more than $1.2 million to oppose President Barack Obama, as well as $60,000 to oppose Utah’s only House Democrat, Jim Matheson.
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Lobbyists pay millions to honor Congress, executive branch
By Keenan Steiner Jul 12, 2011 8:28 a.m.Last year, four of the country’s biggest military contractors paid $100,000 or more to become top sponsors of a black tie charity gala that honored the influential former chair of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo.
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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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Graphic: Lobbyists' Honorary Gifts to Federal Officials
By Keenan Steiner Jul 12, 2011 3:14 a.m.Companies and organizations can donate an unlimited amount of money to honor officials, sponsor their conferences, and donate to their pet charities, so long as these donations are reported to the Senate. The Sunlight Foundation analyzed these filings from 2009 and 2010 and found about $50 million in honorary gifts and meeting costs. These donations can all be viewed in the interactive display below by company making the donation or by official being honored.
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Lawmakers neglect to report ties to nonprofits
By Keenan Steiner Jun 20, 2011 10:37 a.m.Two members of Congress left some information in the dark when filling out their personal financial disclosure forms, which were made public last week.
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Search new Subsidyscope database on federal aid to nonprofits
By Lisa Chiu May 27, 2010 2:22 p.m.Subsidyscope nonprofit funding map.
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