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Braddock Defense Rests With No Witnesses
The Hartford CourantJury deliberations will likely begin Tuesday in the trial of Robert Braddock, the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan charged with participating in a scheme to hide the sources of contributions. The defense...Tags: Justice System, FBI, Prosecution, Trials, Waterbury
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EDITORIAL: Sen. Mike Crapo's campaign loan scandal calls for further disclosure
The Idaho StatesmanThe Sen. Mike Crapo public file over the past six months is certainly a mixed bag of good, bad and "say what?" After more than two decades of serving admirably loyal constituencies that elected him to the Idaho Senate, the U.S. House of...Tags: Political Fundraising, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Mike Crapo, Raul Labrador
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Bachmann campaign allegations attract attention of FBI
Star TribuneThe FBI has contacted two former staffers of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign, adding to the swirl of federal and state investigations looking into alleged financial improprieties by top officials in the campaign. The former campaign...Tags: Michele Bachmann, Police Investigations, Elections, Religion and Belief, Lawyers
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Focus Of Braddock Trial Shifts To Checks
The Hartford CourantThe trial of the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan has provided must-watch political theater, thanks in part to the vulgar, sometimes crude, and grandiose testimony of Harry Raymond Soucy, the government...Tags: Chris Murphy, Heart Attack, Labor Legislation, Waterbury, Elections
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Sestak ponders Senate campaign in 2016
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.Possibly running for governor in 2014 really tempted Joe Sestak. The Democrat topped Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, by 14 percentage points in a recent Quinnipiac University poll. He previously reached the rank of three-star admiral in the U.S. Navy,...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Patrick J. Toomey, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Senate, Joe Sestak
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Crapo throws himself at mercy of FEC
The Idaho StatesmanSen. Mike Crapo is hoping to make the best of a bad situation by taking advantage of a 2007 policy that encourages campaigns to voluntarily report violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Last week, the Idaho Republican filed a "sua sponte"...Tags: Justice System, FBI, Economy, Business and Finance, Raul Labrador, Mike Crapo
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Future after Watt for Democrats
The High Point Enterprise, N.C.Usually a political party gathering in an off year from a major election wouldn't draw much attention, but this year's 12th Congressional District Democratic Party convention takes place during anything but a normal time. Democrats from the district...Tags: Charlotte, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Local Elections, Alma S. Adams
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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
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Ohio groups long ago sounded alarm on IRS
The BladeConservative Ohio groups more than a year ago raised the alarm that the Internal Revenue Service was holding up their applications for tax-exempt status, leading Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Urbana) to request the audit that led to the IRS's admission...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Marcy Kaptur, Bob Latta, U.S. Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service
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OPINION: Idaho's three million dollar man loses some
The Lewiston TribuneIf Congressman Raul Labrador's re-election campaign lost a quarter of a million bucks, the Idaho Republican would be down to his last $472. For Congressman Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, misplacing $250,000 would leave him $183,509 in the hole. Even U.S. Sen....Tags: Michael K. Simpson, Economy, Business and Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mike Crapo, Finance
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Tim Steller column
The Arizona Daily Star, TucsonFor more than half an hour Tuesday, former Republican congressional candidate Martha McSally spoke enthusiastically to Pima County GOP activists. Not a word about Benghazi. Nothing on the IRS scandal. Naught about The Associated Press affair....Tags: Ron Barber, U.S. Senate, Local Elections, Benghazi, U.S. Congress
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Sestak to skip governor's race, seek Senate in 2016
The Philadelphia InquirerFormer Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak said Tuesday that he planned to run for the Senate in 2016, setting the table for an eventual rematch with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. The decision helps shape the Democratic race for the nomination to challenge...Tags: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Patrick J. Toomey, Public Finance, U.S. Senate, Quinnipiac University
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