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Beneficiaries of Massey Energy Campaign Cash Plan to Keep Contributions
By Steve Spires Beneficiaries of Massey Energy Campaign Cash Plan to Keep Contributions Numerous federal politicians have accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from individual and PACs associated with Massey Energy, which operates the Upper Big Branch mine where an explosion tragically killed 29 miners earlier last week, as Capital Eye previous reported. On [...]
Do we have a chance?
There are 13000 registered lobyist in Washington That is over 24 per member of the house and senate. But we don’t really know how many lobbyists there are because if a lobbyist spends less than 20% of their time lobbying they don’t have to register. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $144 million on its [...]
Appeals court overturns campaign finance rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent advocacy groups will be able to spend more money to try to influence federal elections under a decision Friday from a federal appeals court that overturned rules limiting nonprofits’ campaign spending. Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington agreed with Emily’s List, a nonprofit that backs women Democratic [...]
