Mccain Public Funds

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Author Of McCain-Feingold: Obama Smart To Opt Out Of Public Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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One of the principal authors of the most significant campaign finance legislation since Watergate said he was neither "outraged" nor "surprised" with ...

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Obama Floated Idea Of Voluntarily Capping Donations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

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During a private fundraiser last month, Sen. Barack Obama said he was "considering" voluntarily restricting the amount of money he could raise in a ge...

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DNC Files Lawsuit Against McCain Over Public Financing

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Party officials want a federal judge to order an investigation into whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by w...

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John McCain Returns $3 Million To Donors, Signals Public Financing

Boston Globe | Scott Helman and Sarah Isenberg | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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In another sign that John McCain is moving toward accepting public financing this fall, the Republican's campaign is returning about $3 million in che...

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Online Progressives File FEC Complaint Against McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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The media may have lost interest in Sen. John McCain's fervent efforts to dodge campaign finance restrictions, but liberal bloggers are ratcheting up ...

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The Small Donor Fallacy

Jay Mandle | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

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It's a sign of the times that private fundraising so dwarfs the public finance limits that public financing pledges have come back to haunt the candidates.

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Campaign Finance Reform Group Says McCain is Breaking the Law

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home

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John McCain's staunchest ally on campaign finance reform, Fred Wertheimer, says that it is illegal for him to be doing what he is doing.

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McCain's Approaching Storm

Dylan Loewe | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

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McCain will refuse matching funds, regardless of the FEC's proclamations. Doing otherwise would be tantamount to conceding the election. But he will not do so without consequence.

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McCain Loan Raises FEC Questions

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The government's top campaign finance regulator says John McCain can't drop out of the primary election's public financing system u...

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McCain Campaign Banked On Taxpayer-Funded Bailout

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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As The Washington Post reported on Saturday, John McCain's campaign struck a canny deal with a bank in December. If his campaign tanked, public funds ...

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Clinton Hits Obama Over General Election Funds

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

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Clinton campaign officials said Sunday that heading into the climactic primaries on March 4, they will try to make a major issue of Sen. Barack Obama'...

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