as we move into the final weeks of the 2006 election it is likely millionaire candidates will be writing more checks to their own campaigns. politicalmoneyline has created a new chronological listing to track the millionaire money.......
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last night my friend mikey mentioned the tan nguyen posters ive been photographing and he asked if tan really had a chance in the 47th congressional district.at first i wanted to say that tan had no chance in hell. i wanted to say that the 47th district home to disneyland the angels and mike lawson would never support a candidate like tan nguyen. i wanted to say that americans are smart enough n...
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...s its worth a simple look at the data which shows that for oil companies big spending on buying republican leaders pays off with even bigger giveaways of your taxpayer dollars. heres how courtesy politicalm oneyline.c om the top ten oil companies reported spending 33173092 lobbying the congress and the executive branches in 2005. chevrontexaco 8550000 exxonmobil 7140000 co...
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jeff thomas janesvilles resident crackpot and biennial challenger to paul ryan has chimed in again. this time he is calling for ryan to resign from congress not because hes accused of anything but just because hes there. dr. jeff thomas perennial democratic candidate for congress has called on rep. paul ryan to resign his 1st district congressional seat. its my opinion that paul ryan should res...
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president bush nominated idaho govenor dirk kempthorne to be the next secretary of the interior.a as such he will be responsible for regulating the very industries who have heavily contributed to his political career.a first lets examine some of the key offices that will answer to him. the bureau of reclamation is the largest wholesaler of water in the country and the second largest producer of h...
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on the road again south carolinas own representative jim clyburn recently ranked 11th in political money lines biggest spenders for traveling list. clyburn who traveled from the boring moncks corner to the exotic nassau bahamas managed 63 trips in approximately 63 months averaging nearly 3000 per trip. do these lobbyistfunded junkets affectionately referred to as codels offer the taxpayers anyt...
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...by on legislative and regulatory consideration relating to acquisition of po steam navigation companys north american assets by port customs free zone corporation of dubai.......
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bobgeiger.com the major media will have us believe that jack abramoff and his wife made bipartisan donations. research into this is showing that possibly every penny went republicans. here are the personal donations made by jack abramoff and his wife pamela since 1977. data is effective january 2 2006 and sources are federal election commission filings via political money line and newsmeat. ...
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at around 11 pm sunday morning senator bill frist surreptitiously inserted his liability protections for vaccine manufacturers into the defense department conference report. frists actions enraged republican dan burton the latenight revision of legislation also prompted some bipartisan complaints. rep. dan burton rind. in particular was incensed at the addition to the defense spending bill of l...
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hastert lobbies for google joshua hastert son of speaker dennis hastert is lobbying for google inc. on issues of internet access privacy compensation and issues relating to china. the yearend report for the lobbying firm podestamattoon listed joshua hastert as one of seven lobbyists working for their client google inc. podestamattoon reported it received 40000 for lobbying work for google inc. in...
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