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In the presidential campaign, money talks
Think money doesn't talk? Try telling that to this year's GOP presidential hopefuls, whose fates are more than ever tied to a handful of wealthy donors who bankroll the super PACs that raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash on their behalf. Campaign...Tags: Political Corruption, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court, Companies and Corporations, Republican Party
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Rule would allow campaign donations by text message
You can text FOOD to give money to UNICEF or text AFRICA to support the International Rescue Committee. Soon you'll be able to contribute via text to a Maryland politician, state officials say.
Regulations to allow campaign contributions by text...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Democratic Party, Telecommunication Service, Natural Disasters, UNICEF
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For Republican primaries, new rules mean a long slog
Barely three weeks from now, on Jan. 3, Republicans will start the quest for their 2012 presidential nominee in Iowa's precinct caucuses. Already the winnowing process among the candidates has begun, with the "suspension" of Herman Cain's ill-fated...Tags: Joe Biden, Herman Cain, Television, White House, Republican Party
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Ivey to challenge Edwards for House seat
Former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey filed the paperwork Thursday required to challenge incumbent Rep. Donna F. Edwards, setting up what is likely to be one of Maryland's most competitive Democratic primaries next year. Ivey, 50,...Tags: Democratic Party, Donna F. Edwards, Minority Groups, Lawyers, Executive Branch
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Anne Arundel voters could shape 4th District race
Anne Arundel County could play a pivotal role in the newly aligned 4th Congressional District race, even though no candidate from there has officially entered the race.
So far, the match looks to be between incumbent Rep. Donna Edwards, a Democrat...Tags: Democratic Party, Iraq War (2003-2011), Donna F. Edwards, Lawyers, Polls
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Developer pays fine over election law case
A Baltimore developer has paid a $55,000 fine to settle a case in which the Federal Election Commission found the company used corporate funds to make campaign contributions in the names of company executives during the 2006 election cycle. Edward St....Tags: Michael Steele, Lawyers, Justice System, James T. Smith, Jr., Companies and Corporations
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Sarbanes, Harris lead in 2012 race for cash
Rep. John P. Sarbanes, a third-term Democrat who faces little opposition for re-election in 2012, raised more campaign cash than any other Baltimore-area member of Congress in the past three months, campaign finance reports made public over the weekend...Tags: Democratic Party, Frank Kratovil, Donna F. Edwards, Annapolis, Laws
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If corporations are people, maybe they should start acting a little more patriotic
Despite what the Supreme Court and Mitt Romney say, corporations aren't people. (I'll believe they are when Georgia and Texas start executing them.)
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations should be treated no differently than people who have...Tags: Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney, CEO Pay, Companies and Corporations, Republican Party
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IRS officials aren't cooperating in probes at top or bottom
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Internal Revenue Service officials are not fully cooperating with efforts to learn who is responsible for targeting conservative groups, lawmakers learned Wednesday during the third and most tense, dramatic hearing on the scandal. First, the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Jack Lew, Trey Gowdy
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Measure to limit medicinal pot shops in L.A. is leading
After years of futile attempts by lawmakers to regulate the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles, a ballot measure to sharply limit the number of pot dispensaries in the city was leading in early returns Tuesday. Proposition D would reduce the...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Bill Rosendahl, Litigation, Trials, Health Treatments
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Washington, DC, Lawyers, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Braddock Defense Rests With No Witnesses
The Hartford CourantJury deliberations will likely begin Tuesday in the trial of Robert Braddock, the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan charged with participating in a scheme to hide the sources of contributions. The defense...Tags: Judges, Witnesses, Trials, Lawyers, Waterbury
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