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President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic fundraiser in Miami, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Copyright 2009 AP News
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U.S. healthcare companies set for record lobbying in 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's not just spending on U.S. healthcare that's hitting record levels. Drugmakers, insurers and industry groups are on track to ...
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Domenici committee pays $700K in legal fees
Campaign committee for retired Sen. Domenici pays $700K in legal bills Campaign contributions to retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, a New Mexico Republican, ...
APTOPIX Obama
Supporters cheer as President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic fundraiser in Miami, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Copyright 2009 AP News
Health Overhaul Soliciting Doctors
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2009 file photo,, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican Party is harnessing the furious debate over health care to raise campaign cash from doctors, dangling the promise of ...
California's Brown advances toward governor run
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown took a major step toward running for governor on Tuesday by filing paperwork that will allow him to raise campaign funds more aggressively. Brown, a Democrat who served as governor of California from ...
U.S. political fundraiser Hsu sentenced to 24 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former U.S. Democratic Party fundraiser whose 2007 arrest prompted Hillary Clinton to return $850,000 in campaign contributions was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison on Tuesday. Hong Kong-born Norman Hsu, 58, was convicted in May ...
Prosecutors want 30-to-life for ex-Dem fundraiser
NY prosecutors say ex-Democratic fundraiser should serve 30 years to life in prison Prosecutors have urged a judge to sentence former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu to 30 years to life in prison for violating campaign finance laws. The government said Hsu deserves ...
Using donorsÕ money
Former members of Congress get unfair start on lobbying careers with own campaign funds After 20 years in Congress, Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La., retired in January and went to work for a Washington lobbying firm. In the first six months of this ...
Appeals court overturns campaign finance rules
Appeals court overturns rules limiting how much nonprofits can spend on political campaigns 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 ...
