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GOP Senate Candidate Touts Foreign Lobbying Background

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics
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A Republican candidate for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat is touting his background as a lobbyist for Namibian companies with ties to Iran in a Faceb...

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ALEC anti-union push includes key players from Michigan, Arizona think tanks

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 07.17.2012 | Politics
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The Center for Public Integrity

By Paul AbowdiWatch NewsThe American Legislative Exchange Council, which backs free-market legislation in the states, has been controversial in part...

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John Celock

Kansas Lawmakers Condemn U.N. Sustainability Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.11.2012 | Politics
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The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning the United Nations' Agenda 21 environmental acti...

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1000 Arizona unionists rally to protest anti-labor bills

Pamela Powers Hannley | Posted 05.06.2012 | Politics
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Pamela Powers Hannley

About a thousand union members, both public and private sector, and their supporters rallied on the lawn of the Arizona State Capitol to protest a suite of anti-labor bills currently being considered by the state legislature

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Supreme Court Backs Plutocracy, Targets Arizona Clean Elections Matching Funds

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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Michele Swenson

The Colorado Citizens (Publicly-Funded) Campaigns Initiative 53 is not modeled on Arizona and other states' public funding initiatives that use matching funds to level the election playing field.

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Will Mandate Ballot Initiatives Be the Gay Marriage of 2010?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Jane Hamsher

Republican rhetoric feeds into an extensive and well-funded network of right wing groups that stand ready to push anti-mandate ballot initiatives that will go into overdrive upon passage of the health care bill.

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