Rupert Murdoch
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Jul25
Clips round-up for 7/25/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Plan to cut budget of ethics office fails House vote
Rep. Mel Watt's (D-N.C.) efforts to slash the ethics office budget failed after people weren't allowed to vote anonymously.
Lobbyists campaign contributions are the real issue- 2012
- Big Oil
- Bob Edgar
- bundlers
- Citizens United
- Clips
- Common Cause
- consumer financial protection agency
- David Donnelly
- FEC
- Fred Upton
- fundraising
- Jack Abramoff
- Koch Brothers
- Maine Citizens for Clean Elections
- McComish v. Bennett
- Michele Bachmann
- Nick Nyhart
- Office of Congressional Ethics
- PACs
- President Obama
- public campaign
- Rupert Murdoch
- Wall Street
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Jul22
Clips round-up for 7/22/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Watt moves to slash ethics office budget by 40%
With the blessing of Republican leaders, Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) will push to slash the budget of the Office of Congressional Ethics. Makes total sense, what with the pristine reputation of the House Ethics Committee as of late.
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Jul21
Clips round-up for 7/21/11
Campaign Finance/Fair ElectionsA few groups are urging Ethics Chair Rep.Jul15The Chronicles of Money, Politics, and the British-coloured Scandal That Crossed the Pond
Here's a round-up of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund's work for the week of July 11-July 15, 2011.