Campaign Contributions

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• Campaign contributions didn’t affect the vote that much, it seems

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 456
  $ 9.27 million the amount Republican John McCain has gotten from the health care industry; Orrin Hatch and Mitch McConnell were also well-compensated $ 8.34 million the amount Democrat John Kerry got; Max Baucus (the bills biggest influencer) and Arlen Specter also got slightly bigger paydays than Hatch & ...
  5 days ago

• Democratic Party Complains: Not About Parker Griffith Policies, But About Their Money

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 536
  The news has traveled fast today that Alabama congressman Parker Griffith is switching his formal party affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. The Democratic Party is steamed, and it’s interesting to see what the Democratic Party is steamed about . Is the Democratic Party steamed that ...
  6 days ago

• Merck Stays Out of Judicial Campaign Contribution Game

  
  judgesonmerit.org — Authority: 121
  Some friends in the corporate world share our concerns about the role of money in judicial elections. Merck VP, Charles R. Grezlak, told the Center for Political Accountability , a nonprofit group working towards greater transparency in political spending, that the pharmaceutical company would no longer make ...
  1 week ago

• Who is paying for Loretta Sanchez’ campaigns?

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 494
  “We promise to take lots of cash from rich lawyers and labor union bosses!“So who keeps giving Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez money so she can run for Congress every two years?No surprise, it turns out that her constituents are not forking over the money.  Instead she is raking in thousands from lawyers, unions ...
  1 week ago

• Revision gives nonprofit insurers tax breaks

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  Among the changes Senate Democratic leaders made to the massive health care package unveiled Saturday was giving nonprofit health insurance companies a limited exemption from the excise tax levied on insurers, a revision pushed by Sen. Carl Levin, who is a major recipient of campaign contributions from mega-nonprofit ...
  1 week ago

• Pay-To-Play: A Class Action Connection?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo recently has been going after allegedly crooked investment consultants for bribing their way into doing business with the states giant pension fund. However, Cuomo has stated that he wont be subjecting class action firms (from which he has reportedly received large campaign ...
  1 week ago

• Schools forced to teach labor union propaganda

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has just signed a bill into law that forces schools to teach the glories of organized labor and collective bargaining. Doyle has received significant campaign contributions from labor unions over the years prior to forcing their special interest agenda into the classroom. Ever since unions ...
  1 week ago

• The Tea Party PACS

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  Ken Vogel has the run-down . It’s not a lot of money being passed around so far, but it’s the brand every conservative wants.
  2 weeks ago

• Having wrought recession, banks resist reform

  
  The Platform — Authority: 549
  R.J. Matson/Post-Dispatch You would think that an industry that just 15 months ago nearly cratered the world economy might be a little apologetic. You would think that, having been bailed out and newly enriched by taxpayers’ money, the industry might be humbled…
  2 weeks ago

• The Wall Street Money Ties That Lead to Loopholes

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 742
  Advocates for financial regulatory reform must be shaking their heads today after watching Rep. Melissa Bean’s (D-Ill.) efforts to weaken a comprehensive financial regulatory reform bill — which have been, all told, pretty effective. As we noted earlier, House lawmakers struck a deal late Thursday night on a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rove Notes Donation to Blunt

  
  KY3 Political Notebook — Authority: 608
  In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Republican strategist Karl Rove celebrates a "stellar" class of GOP U.S. Senate candidates for the 2010 cycle and notes that of the two Republicans hes contributed financially to, one is Roy Blunt. "Republicans have also recruited good candidates for their open seats. New ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fired Up About Financial Reform

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 651
  I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore… Really.  I am.  Now you may think that this could well be a normal state of affairs for me, considering that I serve as Sojourners’ Director of Policy and…
  2 weeks ago

• Sen. Richard Burr Named Fourth "Insurance Puppet"

  
  Public Campaign Action Fund blogs — Authority: 112
  Public Campaign Action Fund has named Sen. Richard Burr (D-N.C.) the latest "Insurance Puppet." read more
  3 weeks ago

• Why Raising Tax Revenue is Hard

  
  Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority: 666
  Reuters blogger Felix Salmon contends that our tax system encourages income inequality because it generates more revenue for the treasury. [W]hen you have a progressive tax system, especially when there are surcharges on people making seven-figure incomes, you also have a system where for any given level of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sen. Chuck Grassley Named Third "Insurance Puppet"

  
  Public Campaign Action Fund blogs — Authority: 112
  Today Public Campaign Action Fund named Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) the third "Insurance Puppet." read more
  3 weeks ago

• Health Industry Hopes Influence Investment Pays Off To Hang Onto Antitrust Exemption

  
  On The Hill — Authority: 500
  The health insurance industry is banking on its massive campaign contributions to lawmakers to prevent Sen. Patrick Leahy from passing his measure to strip the industry of its antitrust protection, according to open government watchdog groups. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Leahy is offering an ...
  3 weeks ago

• Power to the People: The Fair Elections Now Act

  
  TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas — Authority: 562
  As early as the time of Socrates, people have identified money as a corruptive influence in politics, specifically in democracies.  Elections now cost double and triple what they used to, which means more and more of our Senators’ and Representatives’ time is spent dialing for dollars.  The average member of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ethics redux: Shields’ approach similar to one tossed by courts

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 598
  JEFFERSON CITY — Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields unveiled new ethics legislation today. But a key plank looks a lot like old ethics legislation that courts have twice thrown out. Shields wants to bar lobbyists from contributing to legislators’ and…
  3 weeks ago

• Shields Introduces Lobbyist Contribution Ban During Session

  
  KY3 Political Notebook — Authority: 608
  Senate Leader Charlie Shields introduced legislation Tuesday that would bar lobbyists from contributing to any incumbent legislator or the Governor during the legislative session that runs between January and May. Tuesday is the first day lawmakers can file legislation for the 2010 session. Shields three-pronged ...
  3 weeks ago

• NY Times asks for financial reform in Albany

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 441
  An overview of campaign finance and funding concerns in New York State government:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/opinion/30mon1.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2Just one small item from a detailed article:“The average national limit for contributions in governor’s races is around $7,500 per election. In New York, the ...
  4 weeks ago

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