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Arthur Delaney

Few Earmarks For Bridge Repairs After Minnesota Collapse

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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Amid the national hand-wringing after the Minnesota bridge collapse of 2007, members of Congress earmarked 10 times more money for new transportation ...

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Arthur Delaney

Tax-Dodgers And Their Lobbyists Put The Brakes Obama's Tax-Haven Crackdown: U.S. PIRG

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

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When the Obama administration quietly shelved its proposal to raise $210 billion over 10 years by cracking down on U.S. companies that use overseas su...

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U.S. PIRG Catches Tax Haven Loophole In Appropriations Bill

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

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The U.S. Public Interest Research Group sent a letter Tuesday to members of a Senate appropriations subcommittee calling out a corporate tax haven loo...

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Arthur Delaney

Millions Wasted On Voter Registration In 2008 Election: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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Local counties wasted millions of dollars in cumbersome, error-ridden voter registration processes in the 2008 election, a new study finds. A survey...

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Arthur Delaney

Offshore Tax Havens: A State-By-State Breakdown Of The Cost To Taxpayers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

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A Senate report estimated in 2008 that the United States loses up to $100 billion a year in tax revenue to offshore tax havens (PDF). In a report rele...

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HuffPost Breaks Another Bailout Story: Reform Groups Demand Investigation!

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence Lessig

Too many Americans believe money buys results in Congress -- an idea that heightens cynicism about our democracy and weakens civic engagement.

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