Corporate Political Contributions

Money Buys a Deluge of False Information

Rice Odell | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Supreme Court Citizens United, Corporate Political Contributions, Politics, Citizens United, Corporations, Political-Campaigning, Politics News

As for the clouds of political speech now darkening the landscape, corporations and corporate PACs can lie just like candidates. The Supreme Court justices who gave corporations a constitutional right to speak as persons were also giving them a right to lie like persons.

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Major Political Party Advocates More Corporate Money In Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In the latest GOP effort to accord corporations the same rights as people, the Republican National Committee wants to strike down the ce...

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Double Barrel Blast From Big Sky Country: Montana Rejects Citizens United

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Buckley v. Valeo, Montana, Corporate Political Contributions, Politics, Law, Corporate-Expenditures, Corporations, Ows, Money in Politics, Corporate Power, Citizens United, U.S. Supreme Court, Caperton, Politics News

In the context of Montana's low cost elections, unlimited corporate spending could have a particularly pronounced impact -- discouraging every day citizens from participating in the political process.

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Corporations Try To Listen To Political Spending Outrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Altria, Transparency, Corporate Political Contributions, Video, Exelon, Merck, Disclosure, Corporations, Microsoft, Elections 2012, Corporate Power, Conference Board, Political Spending, Citizens United, Trevor Potter, Campaign Finance, Politics News

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- Four miles north of the occupied Zuccotti Park, where protesters have urged an end to corporate influence in politics, business...

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Occupy Corporate Political Spending

Jack Ucciferri | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Supreme Court Citizens United, Citizens United, Citizens United v. FEC, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Greed, Corporate Political Contributions, Corporate Politics, Corporate Political Donations, Politics News

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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Corporations That Got Massive Tax Breaks Spent Millions In 2010 Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Boeing, General Electric, Corporate Political Contributions, Bill De Blasio, Exxon Mobil, Bank of America, Elections 2012, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Corporate Tax Breaks, Chevron, Corporate Taxes, Ge, Bill De Blasio Public Advocate, Politics News

This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- The top five recipients of large federal corporate tax breaks in 2009 are also among the biggest spender...

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Target Political Giving 'A Debacle' Says Fund Investor

AP | By MARTIGA LOHN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Political Contributions, Boycott Target Stores, Trillium Asset Management, Calvert Asset Management, Target Donations, Minneasota Target, Boycott Target, Target Political Giving, Best Buy, Business News

MINNEAPOLIS -- A few Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. institutional shareholders weighed in Thursday on the flap over the companies' political donations ...

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Fundrace: Powering Campaign Transparency

John Aristotle Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Political Contributions, Political Contributions, Campaign Contributions, Aristotle, 2010 Political Contributions, Huffington Post Fundrace, Celebrity Political Contributions, Fundrace, Politics News

While celebrities are known to contribute big bucks in political support, what about your neighbors or your boss? Starting today, Huffington Post visitors have access to this information in just a few clicks.

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Congressional Charities Reaping Big Corporate Cash

New York Times | Eric Lipton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congressional Charity Disclosures, Congressional Charities, Joe Baca Charity, Lawmaker Charity Disclosures, Lawmaker Charities, Joe Baca, Joe Baca Charity Donors, Corporate Political Donations, Joe Baca Charity Contributors, Corporate Political Contributions, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Politics News

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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Make the Right Move Target

Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Target, Fashion, Style, Business, Politics, Media, Corporate Political Contributions, Target Donations, Minnesota Target, Best Buy, Calvert Asset Management, Target Political Giving, Business News, Boycott Target Stores, Trillium Asset Management, Boycott Target, Style News

We are so happy that our favorite chic-cheap-hipster store has found itself dead center in the middle of controversy as a result of the new Supreme Co...

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United Corporations of America

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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First Draft of a Constitutional Amendment to Authorize the Regulation of Corporate Involvement in Politics

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McCain Feingold, Citizens United, Corporate Political Contributions, Corporate Political Expenditures, Campaign Finance, Politics News

It is time for the American people to push back against a radical Supreme Court indifferent to both democracy and constitutional values. My contribut...

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