Good Government Groups

Sam Stein

Good-Government Groups Spending Big Money On Fair-Elections Push

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.07.2010

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In a push to implement a publicly-financed election system and curb moneyed interests in politics, a pair of good-government groups is launching a tel...

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Chicago Olympic Committee Members Bundled Nearly $2M For Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As President Barack Obama gets set to travel to Copenhagen Thursday night to make the case that Chicago should host the 2016 Olympics, good government...

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Larry Summers' Speaking Fees Targeted By Watchdogs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Good government groups took swings this weekend at Larry Summers, along with the White House in general, after it was revealed that the economic advis...

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Ethics Groups Pounce On Gibbs' Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama may have instituted the most far-reaching ethics policy in the history of the White House, as his communications staff is keen to say. Bu...

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Good Gov't Groups: Are Corporations Using Bailout Money To Fund Political Campaigns?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reform groups are blasting letters to congressional committee chairs and the head of the Congressional Oversight Panel, urging an investigation into w...

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