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Back to the Wall, Planned Parenthood Hangs Tough
Planned Parenthood fields a tough defense. Anyone who didn't figure that out last week, when a breast cancer charity cut off the group's funding and quickly reversed course, could have looked at its lobbying expenditures for 2011, the year Republicans re-took control of the house and posed a significant threat to its bottom line.
Viveca Novak
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OpenSecrets Blog PolitiQuizz: The NFL's Influence in the Hoosier State
Super Bowl XLVI might be in the record books for good, but the NFL's political contributions to Indiana politicians continue.
Dan Hartranft
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Male Donors Fuel Ron Paul's Campaign, Barack Obama Sees Most Gender Parity
Is Ron Paul the candidate with the most machismo? There's certainly something about him that appeals to others of the male persuasion.
Michael Beckel
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Detroit Automakers Make K Street Comeback
Both Chrysler and General Motors last year posted their biggest annual lobbying totals since receiving government bailouts, according to Center for Responsive Politics research.
Evan Mackinder
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Two-headed fish from selenium poisoning? They're here!!
The news has broken that selenium from phosphate mining in Idaho has triggered grotesque mutations in fish in Idaho creeks, notably two-headed fish. This story was first broken by Patrick Porgans, a California State Water Resources Control Board watchdog and top notch investigator. He had been sitting on the story for months in order to protect his sources. Porgan's detailed report can be found at his website: www.planetarysolutionaires.org.
A Reuters News Service article on the two-headed fish, reprinted at the Scientific American magazine website, can also be found at https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=idaho-mine-understates-impact-on-fi READ MORE »
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Two-headed fish from selenium poisoning? They're here!!
The news has broken that selenium from phosphate mining in Idaho has triggered grotesque mutations in fish in Idaho creeks, notably two-headed fish. This story was first broken by Patrick Porgans, a California State Water Resources Control Board watchdog and top notch investigator. He had been sitting on the story for months in order to protect his sources. Porgan's detailed report can be found at his website: www.planetarysolutionaires.org.
A Reuters News Service article on the two-headed fish, reprinted at the Scientific American magazine website, can also be found at https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=idaho-mine-understates-impact-on-fi READ MORE »
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Mitt Romney Subject of Anonymous Attack Ahead of Colorado Caucuses (AUDIO)
A shadowy group blast-texted a message critical of Republican Mitt Romney in the wee hours of morning Saturday. The attack was targeted to Colorado voters ahead of Tuesday's GOP caucuses.
Michael Beckel
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Giants and Patriots Toss Political Dollars To Democrats
When the New England Patriots and New England Giants meet on the national stage in Super Bowl XLVI this Sunday, it's expected to be an event far removed from politics -- just two tough and proven football squads, squaring off in the biggest sporting event of the year. Off the field, however, is another matter entirely.
Evan Mackinder
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Wall Street Money Continues to Flow to Republican Mitt Romney
Republican Mitt Romney relied on the finance, insurance and real estate sector for roughly $2 out of every $11 he raised during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics of campaign finance documents submitted Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission.
Michael Beckel
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Facebook Fires up Its Political Action Committee
Facebook continued to show off its growing political muscle Tuesday night, as its nascent political action committee disclosed an impressive six-figure haul during its inaugural fundraising quarter.
Evan Mackinder
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Small-Dollar Donors Propel Barack Obama, Non-Romney Republicans
President Barack Obama has raised more money for his re-election bid from small-dollar donors than Republican Mitt Romney has collected from all his contributors, according to a new Center for Responsive Politics analysis.
Michael Beckel
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Newest Campaign Reports Show Ramped-Up Chase for Cash
Coming off a big win in the Florida primary race Tuesday night, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney continues to gain steam at an impressive clip that threatens to leave his GOP rivals in the dust.
Evan Mackinder
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Billionaire Harold Simmons Gave Big to Several GOP Super PACs in Fourth Quarter
Harold Simmons, long one of the GOP's most prolific donors, cemented his place on the speed-dial of fundraisers for conservative causes on Tuesday as several super PACs reported huge hauls from the Texas billionaire in their 2011 year-end campaign finance reports.
Simmons and his holding company, Contran, gave $8.5 million to three super PACs, two of which support candidates for the GOP presidential nomination, in the last quarter of the year.
Viveca Novak
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E-Filing Campaign Finances Remains a Rarity for Senators
In this Internet Age, 81 senators have Twitter accounts for lightning-fast communication. Yet only a handful of them typically file their campaign finance reports electronically.
Dan Hartranft
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16 Lobbyists Hauled in $2 Million for Mitt Romney in 2011
Sixteen lobbyists raised nearly $2.2 million to aid the presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 2011, according to a Center for Responsive Politics review of documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Michael Beckel
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Where in the World Are Barack Obama's Bundlers, Part 3
Last year, 445 bundlers collectively raised at least $74.4 million for Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee. That represents $35 out of every $100 the two organizations have raised since April, when Obama launched his re-election bid.
Michael Beckel
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OpenSecrets Blog PolitQuizz: A Tech Lobbying Who-am-I?
The computers and Internet industry went into a spending frenzy during the SOPA/PIPA deliberations on Capitol Hill, in a united effort to kill what they deemed to be overreaching legislation that was intended to curb Internet piracy. This week's PolitiQuizz deals with one emerging tech titan.
Dan Hartranft
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EXCLUSIVE: Obama Campaign Refunding Money Donated by Federal Lobbyists
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is refunding the donations of five registered federal lobbyists who gave to the committee last year, OpenSecrets Blog has learned. Some of these refunds were triggered after OpenSecrets Blog brought the contributions to the campaign's attention. The Obama campaign has pledged to refuse contributions from lobbyists, continuing a policy it set during the 2008 campaign.
Michael Beckel
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SOPA and PIPA Spur Lobbying Spike
SOPA and PIPA appear to have been very, very good for K Street.
Companies that lobbied on the two bills spent at least $104.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, more than double the $49.3 million they laid out in the previous quarter, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Viveca Novak
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Lobbying Expenditures Slump in 2011
The nations economy may be slowly rebounding, but during 2011, the economic engine of K Street sputtered. Overall expenditures on lobbying were down for the first time in more than a decade, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Communications
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