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Tarp, Baby! - Slate
if nancy pelosi had wanted to screw sen. mccain, could she have done a better job? just asking! ... 8:19 p.m. mo' rezko: he "has been quietly visiting chicago's federal courthouse, setting off" ... you know. ... speculation ! ... [ do you really ...
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Lawson Lamar Campaign Finds Way To Skirt Donor Limits
four months ago, orange-osceola state attorney lawson lamar sent the orange county commission a letter, saying the board "ought to be ashamed of itself" for refusing to put a campaign-finance reform package on this year's ballot.
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Justices Hear Campaign Donor Identity Case
brookings - an anonymous $750,000 donor to the 2006 abortion ban campaign created a "corporate shell" to skirt campaign finance disclosure laws, a state lawyer said monday in arguments before the south dakota supreme court. a lawyer for the donor said it doesn't matter why the corporation was created because state law did not require corporations to name their donating members. secretary of ...
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Doorstep Sales Campaign Launched - In The News
the office of fair trading (oft) is launching a campaign to raise awareness of a seven-day 'cooling off period' that consumers are entitled to when buying from a door-to-door salesman. consumers have always been covered by a one-week period when they ...
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Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign - Newsmax.com
more than half of the whopping $426.9 million barack obama has raised has come from small donors whose names the obama campaign won't disclose. and questions have arisen about millions more in foreign donations the obama campaign has received that ...
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Infinity Medical Group Inc. Announces Kerry Launches Marketing Campaign For Imgr's Franchise Strategy
infinity medical group inc., a specialty healthcare development company focusing on the building, finance and management of cosmetic medical laser and dental implant clinics that offer elective medical and dental procedures, is pleased to announce kerry associates are launching a marketing campaign for imgr's franchise strategy for our affiliated cosmetic medical laser clinics and dental ...
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Bowen Fined For Campaign Filing Violations
olympia – after a contentious hearing, the state’s campaign-finance watchdog has fined a local statehouse candidate $300 for failing to file any reports after months of campaigning.
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Buy An Ad On Digitaljournal.com - Digital Journal
the boston herald piece starts out saying the last week has shown the need for a leader who is steady in the face of crisis, mature in judgment and has the ability to reach across the aisle to break the "gridlock" that has gripped washington for too ...
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Scottsdale Political Notebook: Pink Taco Takes New Shot At Manross - East Valley Tribune
the pink taco is acting as though it still holds a grudge against mayor mary manross, more than two years after turning her opposition to the name into free publicity for the restaurant’s opening at scottsdale waterfront. “scottsdale mayor mary ...
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Who Is Behind Commissioner Brian Blair's Campaign Billboards?
by wayne garcia the billboard on ehrlich road in north tampa touting the re-election of hillsborough county commissioner brian blair reads, in fine print at the bottom, "political advertisement paid for and approved by brian blair, republican for hillsborough county commission, district 6." it appears, however, that his campaign did not pay for the billboard advertisement. blair's campaign ...
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More Questionable Campaign Advertising By Rota — Sinicrope Claims
north bay – after pointing out that the rota campaign apparently used tax dollars to pay for election advertising in the north bay nugget [...]
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Senate To Vote On Financial Rescue Plan On Wed. - Seattle Post Intelligencer
washington -- in a surprise move to resurrect president bush's $700 billion wall street rescue plan, senate leaders slated a vote on the measure for wednesday - but added a tax cut plan already rejected by the house. majority leader harry reid, d-nev ...
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State Flunks In campaign Finance Disclosure - San Francisco Gate
the campaign finance disclosure project has given nevada its fourth straight failing grade because of weak campaign finance laws and practices. in an annual update released wednesday, the group ranked nevada 45th among the states in 2008 because of ...
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Diane Wilkerson Taps Boyce Slayman For Sticker Campaign
as she fights to retain her seat, state sen. dianne wilkerson has tapped community activist and longtime political operative boyce slayman to run her sticker campaign against...
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Galante Takes Plea In Illegal Campaign Contributions Case
hartford -- on monday, two weeks before james galante is to walk into a federal prison for using mob muscle to maintain his trash empire, he stepped into a hartford courtroom to accept an additional charge of illegally funneling campaign contributions to prominent connecticut politicians.
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Tracking campaign Finance - Bbc Americas
barack obama has raised more money than john mccain partly because of the excitement generated by the democratic nomination battle. his donors had pressing reasons to donate, from january right through to june, while mr mccain wrapped up the ...
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Builders Broke Campaign-finance Laws, State Panel Says - Seattle Times
a subsidiary of the building industry association of washington violated campaign-finance laws, the state public disclosure commission has ruled. the five-member commission will pass along its findings to the state attorney general's office, which ...
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No New Funds For Foes Of 58
a group opposed to ending a severance tax for oil and gas companies received no new contributions between sept. 11 and sept. 24, although money continued to pour in for supporters of proposed amendment 58, according to campaign finance reports filed late monday.
rockymountainnews.com

South Canterbury Finance Subsidiaries Renamed
south canterbury finance is raising its presence nationwide by rebranding 13 regional subsidiaries to trade under the group name founded more than 80 years ago.
www.scoop.co.nz

Michigan's campaign Finance Disclosure Program Rates High - Detroit News
washington -- michigan's campaign finance disclosure program is one of the nation's best, a good government group reported wednesday. only washington state and california scored higher for their disclosure of the campaign finances of statewide and ...
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