Campaign Donations

More Than $1 Billion Donated So Far To Presidential Candidates

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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A milestone in the intersection of money and politics was reached last month: more than $1 billion has been donated to candidates running for the Whit...

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Lobbysts, Corporations Giving Heaps Of Cash To Conservative Dems

CQ | Alan Ota | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Once a splinter group with Southern, populist roots, the Blue Dog Coalition has become a pinstriped national alliance with ties to K Street and a penc...

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In Defense Of Hookers

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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It's impossible to describe the relationship between politicians, lobbyists, corporations, and campaign cash -- and have it come out sounding different than what a prostitute does for a living.

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Campaign Donors On FundRace

Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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The Battle For Harlem Heats Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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On the corner of 130th Street and Malcolm X Blvd in New York sits Sen. Barack Obama's Harlem headquarters. It is a lively place, with full glass windo...

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Bundled Donations Pose Risks For Candidates

Politico.com | Will Evans | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics

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A fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was recently suspended from practicing law. A backer of Democrat Barack Obama defaulted...

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Obama Campaign Changes Its Story Over Controversial Donations

Washington Post | John Solomon | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign helped recommend several of the donations his political action committee made in recent months to...

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What is Wrong with Presidential Campaign Financing

Jay Mandle | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics

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The US system of funding presidential campaigns remains elitist and undemocratic. A public funding system that would make the process more equitable does exist, but is largely unused because it is badly underfunded.

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Obama Promises New Disclosure On Donation Bundlers

ABC News | Rhonda Schwartz and Justin Rood | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics

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Presidential candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill., said Monday evening he would release new details on the levels of campaign contributions raised by "bundl...

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Neck-And-Neck

Congressional Quarterly | CQ Staff | Posted 09.29.2007 | Home

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With less than 30 hours before the third quarter deadline, the top Democratic presidential candidates appear to be running neck-and-neck in the money ...

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Major Romney Donors Lobby For Venezuelan Government-Linked Oil Company

Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

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On the campaign trail, Republican Mitt Romney has been harshly critical of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. But that hasn't stopped his campaign fro...

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High Holidays Over, Obama And Clinton Throw Big Bashes To Woo Jewish Donors

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 09.23.2007 | Home

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With the High Holidays over, the Clinton and Obama presidential campaigns are stepping up their competition for cash from the nation's elite and well-...

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Dems' Dirty Donors: A Rogues' Gallery

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign for President announced last week that it would give back $850,000 in donations bundled together by fugitive 'Hil...

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