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• Ethics Commission Allegations Against a Candidate Soon Before an Election, and a Resulting Suit

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 125
  Heres a tough call. Its a few weeks before a primary election, andyou (a local ethics commission member or staff member) learn that acandidate has violated an ethics code provision, and hidden itvia a false disclosure. Do you act or do you sit on your hands untilafter the election? Often this sort of problem arises ...
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• Washington in 5 Minutes

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 463
  CALIFORNIA Poizner taps personal fortune for campaign California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Steve Poizner is following through on a pledge to tap his personal fortune to help his struggling campaign. Campaign-finance reports show the state insurance commissioner sent $15 million from his family trust to his ...
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• Health Care: Nows the Hard Part

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Harry Reid finally begged, cajoled and bribed enough votes to pass a health-care-reform bill through the Senate. But before Democrats break out the champagne, they should realize that the road to final passage hasnt gotten any easier. The bill must now go to a conference committee to resolve significant differences ...
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• The Pulse: Spending Big Money for Low Profile Office

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Scott Lee Cohen, a Chicago businessman, said this month that he was willing to spend up to $3 million of his money to win the office of lieutenant governor.
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• Late Night: You Aught-ta Know…

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 729
  So, as this year draws to a close — talk about going out with a bang! — and we enter the 21st century’s even more obnoxious “Tweens” (yeah, yeah, argue amongst yerselves when the new decade really starts), I thought it might be a good time to reminisce. I do love a good list, so I have decided to create ...
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• Chron raises questions about Al Hoang’s residency and campaign finance reports

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  The main question I have is why is this story just being published now , on Christmas Eve, and not before either of the elections? Houston City Councilman-elect Al Hoang and his wife claimed homestead exemptions on two separate homes, according to public records that also raise questions about whether Hoang meets ...
  2 days ago

• Brewer running into financial troubles even in campaign

  
  Sonoran Alliance — Authority: 438
  The Arizona Guardian (see below) is reporting that Governor Jan Brewer is struggling to keep up with her primary opponents and assumed Democratic nominee, Terry Goddard, when it comes to raising the seed money under Arizona’s Clean Election system. Since Brewer officially entered the race on November 5th, she has ...
  3 days ago

• Arizona Guardian: Brewer struggles to raise campaign cash

  
  Sonoran Alliance — Authority: 438
  Money isn’t the only daunting challenge facing Jan Brewer’s campaign … her highly-paid consultant apparently is preparing for a September primary victory.  I think John Munger , Vernon Parker , Dean Martin , Buz Mills , Robert Graham , Doug Ducey and any other GOP gubernatorial hopeful will be ...
  3 days ago

• Kokesh seeks donations of silver, gold for Congressional race

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 515
  Kokesh seeks donations of silver, gold for Congressional race Steve Terrell | The New Mexican Posted: Monday, December 21, 2009 – 12/22/09 Adam Kokesh, who hopes to win the Republican nomination to run against incumbent Democrat Rep. Ben Ray Luján next year, said in a news release Monday that his campaign ...
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• Jim Newberry Hypocrisy Is Real & It’s Magical

  
  Page One — Authority: 549
  Oh man. Couldn’t make this up if I tried: Under an ordinance proposed by Mayor Jim Newberry, city-registered lobbyists would be prohibited from fund-raising or making a campaign contribution to a candidate running for city office. Two days after Newberry unveiled the ordinance, David Whitehouse, a lobbyist ...
  3 days ago

• The Debt Limit Made Simple

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 490
  The Heritage Foundation brings us “The Debt Limit Made Simple. This video takes you to the United Estates–a gated community in sunny Florida–to help you understand the impact of Congress decision to annually raise our nations debt limit without addressing the out-of-control spending that keeps us buried in debt. ...
  3 days ago

• Report on Loopholes and End Runs Around Campaign Finance Laws from Center for Governmental Studies

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 125
  End runs around ethics and campaign finance laws are one of my favoritetopics to write about. A sizeable percentage of the creative energies ofgovernment officials and their attorneys seems to go into coming upwith ways of getting around these laws. And then arguing that such laws areof little value since you cant ...
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• Steve Henry: The Aftermath of PLEADING GUILTY

  
  Page One — Authority: 549
  That Steve Henry is a character, isn’t he? Here’s my story from yesterday . Check it all out for a trip down the Henry memory hole, in video. That’s all behind us. Or is it? Let’s see. (Sorry, I’m not shutting up yet) I know everything and I am going to talk about it. Steve Henry pleaded guilty to ...
  3 days ago

• Change Congress and Keep Climate Where it’s At

  
  keepfakingit.com — Authority: 123
  One of the strands of thought coming from Copenhagen lays the blame of a lack of fair and binding deal at the feet of the internal US political system, namely the US Senate . This has brought keepfakingit right back to March and a speech we saw one of our academic heroes, Larry Lessig , deliver to the SXSW ...
  3 days ago

• Last Morning Round-Up of the Week, Kids!

  
  Page One — Authority: 549
  Sorry I didn’t do an update yesterday. Ended up getting stuck in Frankfort talking to the press after Steve Henry was sentenced. I’ll be on Francene later to discuss it all. Wanna see something sadistic? Check out this photo (second in the bunch) of Steve Henry laughing in court as he is pleading guilty. [ ...
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• Voting Registrar Sterner to Pawlowski: Amend Your Campaign Finance Report

  
  Lehigh Valley Ramblings — Authority: 138
  Although Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski has insisted his campaign finance reports are " totally transparent ," Lehigh County Voting Registrar Stacy Sterner seems to have a different view. In response to a complaint I made with her office on Monday, Pawlowski has been told to amend his December 3 campaign finance ...
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• DN!: Study Reveals “Revolving Door” Between Capitol Hill Staffers and Healthcare Lobbyists

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 439
  from DemocracyNow.orgA new study on healthcare lobbying published in the Chicago Tribune has found that healthcare companies have spent $635 million on lobbying over the past two years. At least 166 former congressional aides involved in shaping healthcare legislation have registered to lobby for healthcare companies. ...
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• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 151
  Remember Parker Griffith, the DINO Congressman who turned Phant today? ( link ) Well he, donated $1,500.00 to Howard Dean in 2004 . He also donated a grand to Harry Reid in 2003, and $500 to Evan Bayh in 2006, and $500 to Harold Ford in 2005. And yes, I am banging my head against the keyboard over this. For the ...
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• Steve Henry: Now An Actual Crook

  
  Page One — Authority: 549
  I told you so . For years. This cost me money. This cost Leslie Holland money (way more than me). All to get the state to do its job. The truth has finally arrived. Letting him off the hook with misdemeanors (the entire legal system in Kentucky should be ashamed) might be laughable, but it’s not over yet. ...
  4 days ago

• Happy holidays from Public Citizen!

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 123
  Whether it was pushing for health care reform, reigning in Wall Street or keeping dangerous prescription pills off the market, Public Citizen’s researchers, analysts and lobbyists have been on the front lines, standing up to corporate power and holding government accountable. We don’t have deep corporate pockets ...
  4 days ago

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