Mitt Romney
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Sep05
Clips round up for 9/5/2012
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Nation: Change we can believe in, 2.0
Katrina vanden Heuvel on the president's talk of an amendment last week and its inclusion in the Democratic platform. National Journal. -
Aug30
Clips round up for 8/30/2012
Yesterday during a reddit AMA, President Obama called for a constitutional amendment and reiterated his support for DISCLOSE and banning lobbyists from bundling contributions. As HuffPost points out, this isn't necessarily news--Jim Messina said Obama supported the amendment in February--but Obama bringing it up does add more weight.
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Aug21
Clips round up for 8/21/2012
First off, that "FBI is investigating congressman for skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee" story? Yeah, it wasn't about skinny-dipping--it's about the ongoing investigation into Congressman Michael Grimm.
And yesterday was FEC day for presidential campaigns and many PACs. Here's a rundown of the top stories:
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Aug20
Clips round up for 8/20/2012
In the ongoing voting wars in Ohio, the Franklin County GOP chair had this to say over the weekend: "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine. Let’s be fair and reasonable."
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Jun12
Big Donor Harold Hamm to Senate Finance Committee: Keep Giving Big Oil Tax Breaks
Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm will appear before the Senate Finance Committee today to “warn against nixing oil industry tax breaks”.
While Hamm may these days be known as an energy adviser and fundraiser for Mitt Romney and big donor to Romney’s super PAC, he is also a big giver at the Congressional level, according to our analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Jun05
Campaign 2012: All Big Money, All the Time
While much of today's focus will center on the recall election in Wisconsin, the 2012 presidential race is sounding a familiar theme: money, money, money. Soon to be Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, is heading to Texas to raise campaign cash from his chief constiuency, millionaires and billionaires.
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May25
Clips round up for 5/25/2012
What are you doing over the holiday weekend? Sens. Mike Enzi and Jeff Sessions will head to the Casa Marina resort in Key Largo for a fundraiser. Me, I'll be at a wedding in West Virginia. Clips will resume Tuesday morning.
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May07
The Bank of America Political Spending We Know About
Bank of America shareholders will vote at their annual meeting this week on two proposals to limit or disclose political spending by the behemoth bank. After the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United v.
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Apr11
Clips round up for 4/11/2012
Morning must-read: "House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., may have irritated members of his conference by donating to an anti-incumbent super PAC before the Illinois primary, but Rep.
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Apr06
Clips Round-up for 4/6/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Capital Times: Ethics reforms needed for Congress
Wisconsin State Rep. Mark Pocan is running for Tammy Baldwin's congressional seat and has a plan for reforming government, which includes the Fair Elections Now Act.