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April 20, 2016
Self-financed candidates open their wallets in early months of 2016, despite poor track record
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April 21, 2016
Forget the presidential — top-spending House races stir (and revive) rivalries
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April 21, 2016
Are super PACs becoming captive to hedge funders? Six give nearly $10 million to presidential groups in March alone
April 29, 2016 Thursday was “take your kids to work” day. Apparently at the Federal Election Commission it was “take your kids to work and have them bash your employer” day. In keeping with what’s known officially as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, millions of employers around the country invited their workers’ offspring to see… Continue Reading »
April 29, 2016 The last time the Democratic and Republican parties had to stage the quadrennial spectacles that serve as their presidential nominating conventions, they got a big assist from the taxpayers: The Federal Election Commission cut checks to each of the two parties for $18.2 million to pay for construction and other basic services required for the… Continue Reading »
April 28, 2016 Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who’s locked in one of the Senate’s closest races this cycle, and one other current lawmaker were among politicians on the receiving end of donations from players charged with making illegal campaign contributions by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office. Businessman David Stewart, the head of a Pennsylvania construction conglomerate, pleaded guilty last… Continue Reading »
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