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Sunlight Reporting Group: Stealthy Wealthy: Donald Sussman, Rep. Pingree make strange bedfellows

Source: Sunlight Foundation, Dec 6 2012, 2:30pm CST

In the five or so years since hedge fund manager Donald Sussman and Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, have known each other, the investment tycoon has made his mark in her state, becoming its top political ...

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2 days ago

Campaign Finance Reform Group Prepared To Back Primaries Against Independent Democrats

Source: New York Daily News  |   Jun 17 2013, 6:09am CDT

Livid over the likely defeat this year of a bill to allow public financing of state campaigns, a well-funded super PAC is ready to spend big to defeat those who blocked it. David Donnelly, co-founder of Friends ...

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2 days ago

Out of Bachmann's shadow, Kline enters DFL's bull's-eye

Source: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio  |   Jun 17 2013, 4:17am CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Now that Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has said she won't run for re-election in Minnesota's 6th District, Democrats are looking for another target. They may have found one in U.S. Rep. John Kli ...

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27 weeks ago


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"I am proud to say this bill also cracks down on tax loopholes that allow hedge fund managers to avoid paying income tax on much of their salaries, and the bill makes sure that multinational corporations don’t avoid paying taxes by shifting their profits to offshore tax havens."


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5 days ago

Cut public campaign financing for gubernatorial candidates

Source: Bangor Daily News  |   Jun 14 2013, 1:32pm CDT

The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee had to acknowledge many unpleasant realities about state government’s fiscal condition in the budget compromise its members fashioned last week. One of those realities is that ...

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5 days ago

Democratic US Sen. Warren's PAC raises $229,000

Source: Boston.com  |   Jun 14 2013, 11:43am CDT

BOSTON (AP) — A political action committee formed by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has raised nearly $229,000 during the first six months of the year. Warren used the PAC to contribute the maximum allowed to ...

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5 days ago

Michaud closer to joining governor race

Source: Kennebec Journal  |   Jun 13 2013, 10:41pm CDT

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud moved closer Thursday to running for governor of Maine, launching an exploratory committee and a campaign-style website to test voter support before committing to run on the Democratic ticket in 2014. In this October ...

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5 days ago

Democrats Spar Over Markey's Committee Slot

Source: Roll Call  |   Jun 13 2013, 6:03pm CDT

Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has yet to win the Senate seat vacated by now-Secretary of State John F. Kerry, but Reps. Peter A. Defazio and Raúl M. Grijalva are already fighting over who should replace him as the top Dem ...

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5 days ago

Opinion: New York can lead the way in campaign finance reform

Source: CNN  |   Jun 13 2013, 3:56pm CDT

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Howard Dean, Christine Todd Whitman: Government has stopped working for the people Dean, Whitman: Real reform of the electoral process is needed to get it back on track They say there's one way to ...

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6 days ago

New Super PAC Launches Gomez Ad Campaign in Mass.

Source: NewsMax  |   Jun 13 2013, 1:52pm CDT

Americans for Progressive Action has unveiled a planned television ad campaign for GOP Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez it said would cost more than a half million dollars. According the National Journal, the conservative super PAC was ...

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6 days ago

Koster receives campaign boost from former GOP speaker

Source: PoliticMo  |   Jun 13 2013, 12:45pm CDT

– Just days after announcing his pledge to raise more than $400,000 to help Missouri Democrats in their effort pick up seats in the General Assembly, Attorney General Chris Koster reported a campaign contribut ...

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