Corporate Political Donations

Why Corporations Should Reconsider Throwing Money At Washington

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.02.2012

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Corporations might want to reconsider throwing large sums of money at Washington. That's because these contributions correlate with poor company...

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Occupy Corporate Political Spending

Jack Ucciferri | Posted 12.20.2011

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Jack Ucciferri

While corporations are legally recognized "persons," the reality is that public corporations are vast, ungainly amalgamations of people and institutions. And their political influence is eating away at the fabric of our Republic with increasingly greedy mouthfuls.

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Judge Rules Corporate Donations Ban Unconstitutional

AP | By MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 07.27.2011

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A U.S. judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is uncons...

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Congressional Charities Reaping Big Corporate Cash

New York Times | Eric Lipton | Posted 05.25.2011

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A review by The New York Times of federal tax records and House and Senate disclosure reports found at least two dozen charities that lawmakers or the...

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