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Taxpayers Gave Romney $8.9M to Plan 'Transition'

New law provides candidates with resources whether they win or not

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 20, 2012 11:22 AM CST

(Newser) – The federal government handed Mitt Romney's team millions of dollars to plan a presidential transition that never happened, Freedom of Information Act requests reveal. Romney was the first beneficiary of the Presidential Transition Act of 2010, which provides major party candidates with resources to... Read full story »

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Mitt Romney • Freedom of Information Act • transition • General Services Administration • transition team • Ted Kaufman

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Taxpayers Gave Romney $8.9M to Plan 'Transition'

New law provides candidates with resources whether they win or not

Mitt Romney • Freedom of Information Act • transition • General Services Administration • transition team • Ted Kaufman

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