Rob Portman
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Sep15
Rep. Camp adjusting fundraising schedule.
National Journal and Sunlight Foundation are reporting that Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), a member of the debt reduction “supercommittee” will not schedule any additional fundraisers while serving on the committee.
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Sep08
Clips Round-up for 9/8/11
The supercommittee will meet for the first time today at 10:30. Sunlight Foundation will be doing "Sunlight Live." http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2011/sunlight-live-cover-first-supercommittee-hearing/
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
SEC should require corporate political spending disclosures: report -
Sep07
Clips Round-up for 9/7/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
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Sep07
Supercommittee Member Rob Portman Cancels Fundraisers
When asked about our demand that supercommittee members give up fundraising while they do their work, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) told the Cincinnati Enquirer:
Members aren't going to have the time to be involved in (as many) fundraising events that they would have been. Personally, I've canceled a bunch of events.
Good.
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Aug19
Clips Round-up for 8/19/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
Maine Ethics Commission Seeks Clean Election Law Fix
On the proposed solutions: "We can't have a publicly-funded system that sort of, on-purpose, keeps the candidates kind of barefoot and pregnant," said Allison Smith, the co-president of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections.
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