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O'Malley DGA fundraising: The appearance of conflict
Perhaps it is a pure coincidence that Energy Answers International cut a $100,000 check to the Martin O'Malley-led Democratic Governors Association on the very same day that Governor O'Malley indicated he would sign state legislation that could be worth...Tags: Crossroads, Regional Authority, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., The New York Times, Constellation Energy Group
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Higher taxes will hurt Maryland jobs
Your editorial advocating tax increases to fix Annapolis' job-killing spending problem once again misses the mark ("Tax increases should be on the table," Aug. 23). Government's insistence on uncontrolled, unsustainable spending has saddled future...Tags: Martin O'Malley, State Budgets, Public Officials, Annapolis, Government
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Maryland's alcohol tax bound to hurt budget, economy
In 2007, Maryland's legislature significantly changed the tax code to increase revenue in order to close the state's deficit. It created an even more regressive tax code increasing the sales tax and hurting the poorest among us the most. To the surprise...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Annapolis, Maryland
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Chicago Confidential: Anne Dias Griffin to launch media company, reform-minded news site
Anne Dias Griffin, a rare woman at the helm of a hedge fund as well as wife of billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin, is starting a for-profit digital media company called Reboot Illinois.
The website will promote "political, educational and...Tags: Georgetown University, Chicago Tribune Columnists, George Soros, Companies and Corporations, Mutual Funds
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Factbox: U.S. conservative grassroots groups' funding outlook
Reuters(Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential election, conservative grassroots groups were a cottage industry. But with the advent of the Tea Party, these groups have become more prominent and between them could raise more than $140 million in 2012. Below are...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Tea Party Movement, David Koch, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
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Wisconsin recall tests conservatives' ground game
ReutersOCONOMOWOC, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Robin Milaeger whoops for joy and punches her fist in the air when the man at her door asks if she wants a yard sign supporting Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, who faces a contentious recall election on...Tags: Primaries, Executive Branch, Activism, Petroleum Industry, Scott Walker
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REFILE-FACTBOX-US conservative grassroots groups' funding outlook
Reuters(Refiles to add byline, date) By Nick Carey June 1(Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential election, conservative grassroots groups were a cottage industry. But with the advent of the Tea Party, these groups have become more prominent and between them could...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Tea Party Movement, David Koch, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
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Romney claims economy recovering 'in spite of' Obama
CRAIG, Colo. — Campaigning in coal country, Mitt Romney argued Tuesday that President Obama’s administration is hostile to business in general and the energy industry in particular, favors government workers over the private sector and claimed...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Business, Donald Trump, Bain Capital, LLC, Seema Mehta
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$55 million for conservative campaigns -- but where did it come from?
WASHINGTON — The financial firepower that fueled the rise of a network of conservative advocacy groups now pummeling Democrats with television ads can be traced, in part, to Box 72465 in the Boulder Hills post office, on a desert road on the...
Tags: Joseph Tanfani, Bruce L. Braley, Finance, Democratic Party, Matea Gold
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Obama urges Congress to extend clean-energy tax credits
NEWTON, Iowa — From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said would save jobs in the field of clean-energy production.
Obama said continuing the production tax credit would save...Tags: Mitt Romney, Energy Saving, Executive Branch, Solar Energy, Wind Power
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Mack announces his ‘conservative coalition’
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV has announced a seven-member “conservative coalition” that's backing his Republican U.S. Senate candidacy, a group of mostly fundamentalist Christian activists whose function will apparently be to assail rival George... -
Election decision may force disclosure of secret donors
WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars to influence the 2012 election now face the prospect of having to reveal their secret donors, after a federal appellate court panel refused to block a lower-court order requiring the...
Tags: Crossroads, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Finance, Federal Election Commission, Judges
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