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Army of Lobbyists Raking in Massive Sums, Second-Quarter Lobbying Reports Reveal
 More than 11,100 corporations, trade associations, unions and other
groups hired 10,500 lobbyists during the second quarter, the Center...
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Top Recipients of Wyly Brothers' Campaign Cash Aren't Talking
Charles Wyly Jr. and Samuel Wyly of Dallas, charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with massive securities fraud, have bankrolled a host of Republican candidates,...
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Tea Party Caucus Members Bankrolled by Health Professionals, Retirees, Oil Interests
Your doctor, your Realtor, your grandpa -- they may be drinking a particularly political brand of tea.
A Center for Responsive Politics analysis...
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Ex-Soldier, Gay Rights Activist Dan Choi Subdued With Political Donations Despite Flashy Lobbying Antics
 The nation's highest-profile advocate against the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is using a full arsenal of tactics...
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Few Seats in the 'People's House' for Rangel Hearing, Cantor the PAC Man and more...
Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics:
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Wyly Brothers, Top Republican Bankrollers, Accused of Massive Fraud
  (Last updated at 9:02 p.m.)
Charles Wyly Jr. and Samuel Wyly, Texas businessmen and brothers who are...
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Legislative Battles Drive Second-Quarter Lobbying Spending by Major Corporations, Special Interests
 It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. As the nation still struggles with near-double-digit...
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DNC Unveils New Campaign Strategy, Club for Growth Brings the Heat and More in Capital...
Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics:
DNC UNVEILS NEW CAMPAIGN...
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Center for Responsive Politics Lauds Improved Disclosure of Transportation Earmarks
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this morning unveiled a searchable and sortable spreadsheet of earmarks approved by the committee.
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Ex-Regulators Lobby on New Finance Rules, Immigrant Rights Groups Shift Focus and More in Capital...
Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics:
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Bet comes good as US moves to end ban on online gambling
A vote by US lawmakers has given PartyGaming and other online bookies cause to hope that America's four-year ban on internet betting could soon be...
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Liberal groups lobby to block Fox from Thomas's seat
On Sunday, the White House Correspondents' Association will vote on who gets the front-row UPI seat long held by Helen Thomas, and two liberal groups...
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Billy The Kid To Be Pardoned, 130 Years Later?
Lawman's Grandchildren Outraged; "Would You Issue A Pardon For Someone Who Made His Living As A Thief"
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Ariz. Governor Willing to "Tweak" Immigration Law
Since U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton put on hold the most controversial parts of the law, hundreds of e-mails and phone calls -- including some...
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Decision near on Maxine Waters ethics case - Jonathan Allen
The committee investigating her ties to a local bank could announce its next steps before recess.
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Is White Privilege a Myth?
Virginia Senator Jim Webb urges an end to government diversity programs, saying that they hurt deserving whites and benefit people not entitled to them. This...
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Obama: Time for Rangel to end career "with dignity"
Barack Obama has kept mum on the fate of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) for days -- but he tells CBS News that it's time for...
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Banks won't take Fort Hood shooting suspect's paychecks
As he sits in the Bell County Jail, accused of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shooting that left 13 dead, Maj. Nidal Hasan continues to...
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Congressman Pulled Over for Speeding During Live Interview
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) was abruptly torn away from a live radio interview Friday when a policeman pulled him over and told him to hang...
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Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP
House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to...
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President Obama calls African-Americans a "mongrel people"
"President Obama waded into the national race debate in an unlikely setting and with an unusual choice of words: telling daytime talk show hosts that...
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Mexican Flag Flies as Dozens Arrested at Illegal [vid]
Dozens of protesters were arrested after confronting police in riot gear in Phoenix today. The protesters waved the Mexican flag and a flag with...
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Sarah Palin - What a Drag - Literally...
Sarah Palin just endorsed two Republican congressional candidates in New York. That may hurt them more than it helps them.
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White House Takes on Rush Limbaugh - Again!
Hey, when you can't govern competently, it's always a good idea to use Saul Alinsky tactics to change the subject and demonize the opposition.
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Why Do Americans Have Blind Faith in Republicans?
Most Americans think a GOP Congress would be better at running the economy, but few can tell you just what that means.
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Australian PM Says Her Atheism No Threat to Church Schools,
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- New Prime Minister Julia Gillard assured Australia's Christian majority on Thursday that her atheism would not affect government funding to church-run...
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Glenn Beck and Goldline
Inside the Glenn Beck Goldline scheme
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Ethics panel accuses Rangel of 13 violations
A House investigatory panel is alleging 13 violations of congressional ethics and federal law statutes by veteran New York Representative Charles Rangel.
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Shirley Sherrod To Sue Andrew Breitbart
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last...
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Obama Insists On Performance Standards For Teachers
Today, President Obama wades in to a controversy that threatens to split one of the Democratic Party's most generous source of donations and activists, the...
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Porn Motherlode Unearthed From San Francisco Work Computers
Porn downloaded by city workers, on city time. Just when you thought the ongoing porn scandal within the city's planning department couldn't grow any more...
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Sarah Palin: "Sickness and Darkness" in Liberal Media
Sarah Palin has taken to her Facebook page to complain about the media's "heart of darkness" as evidenced by e-mail exchanged on an ostensibly private...
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'Anti-Islamic' Bus Ads Appear in Major U.S. Cities
A group called 'Stop Islamization of America' is promoting ads on major city public transportation that urge people to leave the Muslim faith. The anti-Islamic...
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Ariz. sheriff: I'll jail immigration protesters
Arizona sheriffJoe Arpaio says he'll put immigration protesters in jail. The sheriff of the most populous county in Arizona says he's "not going to put...
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Quick Analysis of the Arizona Immigration Law
Fox News breaks down the ruling by District Judge Susan Bolton to explain which parts of the law was struck down, or enjoined, and...
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Massachusetts Pushes for Popular Presidential Vote
Massachusetts is poised to become the sixth state to approve a law intended to bypass the Electoral College and elect the president of the United...
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We're Winning! Poll Shows CA Pot Legalization Ahead 52%-36%
Pothead Power, people. California's Proposition 19, which would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana for adults 21 and older, is currently leading by a wide margin...
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Judge Blocks Parts Of Arizona's Immigration Law
A federal judge "has" blocked controversial sections of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect.
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Why Some Republicans Want to 'Restore' the 13th Amendment
The Iowa Republican Party wants to resurrect a long-forgotten attempt to amend the Constitution in order to criticize President Obama. It is not about slavery,...
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US Consumer Confidence Falls, Lowest Since February
U.S. consumer confidence fell in July to the lowest level since February, weighed mostly by worries about the job market, according to a private sector...
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Pentagon Eyes Accused Analyst Over WikiLeaks Documents - WSJ
Military investigators are checking computers used by Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified information, to see if he is the...
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Sex Toys Retailer Pumps $100K Into Marijuana Legalization
If there were only some rock and roll to go with the sex and drugs, this would be a perfect story. Prop 19, California's initiative...
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Record numbers Being Deported Under Obama
In a bid to remake the enforcement of federal immigration laws, the Obama administration is deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants and auditing hundreds of...
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Obama's Message To Voters: Things Could Be Worse
President Barack Obama, who rocketed to the White House promising "change you can believe in," is now telling voters they shouldn't change a thing.
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GOP Senate Candidate Ken Buck Calls Birthers "Dumbasses"
Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck has talked himself into some trouble by calling certain tea-party activists "dumbasses" for questioning the legitimacy of President Obama's...
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Report: Some mentally ill detainees deported were US citizen
Thousands of mentally disabled immigrants are entangled in deportation proceedings each year with little or no legal help, leaving them distraught, defenseless and detained as...
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Putin sang patriotic songs with spies expelled from USA
Vladimir Putin has told of singing patriotic songs with the Russian spies expelled from the US in his most revealing comments on the...
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Enough Right Wing Propaganda
The mainstream media and the Obama administration must stop cowering before a right wing that has persistently forced its propaganda to be accepted as news...
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Pool Parties and Golf - Your Tax Dollars at Work
With a $13 trillion debt, why is the Department of Justice spending money on parties and rollercoaster rides rather than investigating crime, drug cartels, prosecuting...
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