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Kevin Ring Trial: Jurors Deadlocked, Judge Likely To Declare Mistrial

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a former lobbyist caught up in the Jack Abramoff affair, the biggest setback in...

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Arthur Delaney

Campaign Committees Thump Chests About Fundraising Numbers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee boasted Friday that it out-raised its Republican counterpart for the third straight quarter, increasing i...

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Keeping the Spotlight on Lobbying Outrages and Economic Hard Times

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna Huffington

News stories about lobbyists undermining reform tend to pop up, make our blood pressure rise, then quickly drop off the media radar until the next outrage grabs our attention. Which is why we have launched HuffPost's LobbyBlog, an ongoing, consistently refreshed, collection of the latest information on lobbying, lobbyists, and the tragic impact they are having on our lives.

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