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Will the Real Chris Dodd Please Stand Up?

Senator part populist, part bank ally

Mar 27, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Dodd is a man of contradictions, writes David Whitford for Fortune. The Democratic senator portrays himself as a populist; he’s passed consumer-protection and family-issues laws, and he staunchly opposed the bankruptcy bill. But he’s also received loads of cash from financial companies, including AIG, and... More »

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Chris Dodd • AIG • campaign contributions • Senate Banking Committee • bank regulation

Obama Gives Stanford Money to Charity

Alleged fraud artist donated to many pols, including McCain

Feb 19, 09 12:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has donated the $4,600 in campaign contributions he received from R. Allen Stanford to charity, the LA Times reports. Obama is one of many politicians the alleged fraudster courted; another was John McCain, who promised yesterday that he too would return or donate the funds. Stanford... More »

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Barack Obama • fraud • campaign contributions • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford

 Google Will Have 
 the President's Ear 


Company may capitalize on the benefits of backing a winner

Jan 24, 09 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Google may be the company that needs to do the least searching for influence with the new president, reports the Los Angeles Times. The company was one of the biggest contributors to Barack Obama's candidacy, and four Google execs were on the transition team. The search giant's agenda—widening high-speed... More »

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Barack Obama • Google • Eric Schmidt • campaign contributions • Obama administration • transition team • President Obama



 Obama Will 
 Give Aunt Her 
 Money Back 

'Auntie Zeituni' found to be living illegally in US

Nov 1, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign will return donations made by his aunt, who was outed yesterday as an illegal resident in the US, the Washington Post reports. Zeituni Onyango, the half-sister of the candidate’s late father, lives in a Boston public housing unit and gave $265 to her nephew’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • illegal immigrant • Boston • deportation • campaign contributions • Immigration and Customs Enforcement

(Newser) - There are a scant 27 days left to dedicate your blood, sweat, and tears to your candidate of choice. But some activists' moves are better than others. Christopher Beam runs down the best way to put your limited resources to good use in Slate: Got time to kill?
  1. Knock
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volunteer • political activism • campaign contributions • campaign advertising • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Goldman Sachs
Is DC's Top
Sugar Daddy

$43M since '89 on lobbying, donations greases bailout wheels

Sep 26, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Goldman Sachs has given Washington plenty of reasons to help it out—43 million reasons, to be precise. Goldman bankers have been the nation’s biggest campaign contributors this year, and have poured more than $43 million into lobbying and campaign war chests since 1989, ABC News reports. “They... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • Goldman Sachs • Henry Paulson • lobbying • campaign contributions • bailout • financial crisis

GLOSSIES

 The Long Island 
 Rabbi Who 
 Toppled  Olmert 

Close friend or just another donor, Talansky was key player in Israeli PM's downfall

Sep 15, 08 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Morris Talansky counted Ehud Olmet as a true friend, and he says his devotion was returned. The nature of the longstanding relationship between the Long Island rabbi and the Israeli prime minister varies according to who’s describing it, Steve Fishman writes in New York. But what everyone agrees on... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • campaign contributions • corruption charges • Morris Talansky • rabbi

(Newser) - Barack Obama raised more than $66 million in August, besting his past fundraising record and pulling in the best monthly tally in US political history, says an aide. Topping February's $55 million, the take "demonstrates how the increasingly heated, nasty race has energized Obama's fundraising," writes Ben Smith... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • fundraiser • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising

glossies

Lawmakers Get Most Funding From Outside Districts

'Nonresident contributors donate for expressive purposes,' study shows

Aug 30, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Candidates running for Congress are increasingly using affluent ZIP codes outside their own districts as "political ATM machines" to fund their campaigns, a new study finds. In the majority of House races in 2004, almost three-quarters of contributions came from donors outside a lawmaker's district—often from Hollywood, Manhattan's... More »

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campaign finance • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • donor • scientific study • political elite • congressional district

Sports Owners Put Their Money on McCain

GOP candidate raising far more than Obama from team honchos

Aug 15, 08 5:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood money may be filling Barack Obama’s coffers, but sports-owners’ cash is overwhelmingly going to John McCain. The presumptive GOP nominee has raked in $3.2 million raised or donated by sports owners, while Obama has drummed up only $615,000, Politico reports. Even in Chicago, Obama’s hometown,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • sports • campaign contributions • sports owner



 McCain Raises
 $27M in July 

Biggest one-month total for Senator since primaries

Aug 15, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(AP) - John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million. "Our fundraising continues to be very healthy," Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, said in a conference call with reporters, noting that July... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • campaign contributions • McCain 2008

Exec: I Was Fired for Not Donating to Mitt

CEO asked employees to give; denies man lost job over refusal

Aug 7, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ex-executive with a Chicago-based consulting group has filed an employment bias complaint, alleging that he was fired in part for his refusal to donate to Mitt Romney’s campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. The complaint offers a rare glimpse into the machinery of corporate donations. In emails... More »

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Mitt Romney • campaign finance • corporate • Huron • campaign contributions • corporate execs

Housing Industry Funnels 
Cash to Lawmakers 

Campaign contributions soar compared to 2006

Jul 5, 08 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The housing industry has given more campaign cash to lawmakers and political parties this election cycle than it gave through the entire 2006 cycle, the Wall Street Journal reports, as an emergency housing bill containing favorable provisions for the industry has been working its way through Congress. Cash has flowed... More »

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Congress • House Financial Services Committee • Chris Dodd • Barney Frank • campaign contributions • housing industry • Senate Banking Committee • political donations • housing legislation

 Lobbyists
 to McCain:
 Gee, Thanks,
 Traitor 

Loyal donors kicked to curb as candidate burnishes image

May 21, 08 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has been purging his campaign of lobbyists, which has left more than a few feeling betrayed. These are the people, after all, who stuck through McCain when his primary chances looked grim, and kept his campaign financially above water. “If it was OK to have these people... More »

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John McCain • lobbying • campaign contributions • lobbyists • Republican nomination • McCain 2008

Spitzer Makes Amends—With His Donors

Disgraced NY gov refunds campaign contributions for 2010

May 15, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer had $2.9 million in the bank for a presumed reelection campaign, but the disgraced New York governor has done something rather uncommon for politicians: offered a refund. An email obtained by the New York Post reports that Spitzer will return what remains in his campaign coffers to... More »

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New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • campaign contributions • refund

Clinton Camp May Need Another Loan

As donations flag, strapped campaign must cut spending

May 9, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's loss of momentum is taking a tangible toll on her ability to raise—and spend—money, leaving her campaign even more strapped for cash at a time she needs to pull out all the stops, the New York Times reports. Advisers say that Clinton is prepared to shell... More »

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Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • campaign contributions • Oregon primary • West Virginia primary • Kentucky primary



 Clinton Lent
 Campaign
 $6.4M in 
 Past Month

Democratic contender puts money where her mouth is

May 7, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton injected $6.4 million of her own money into her presidential campaign over the past month, a senior aide tells the AP. That donation more than doubles the amount Hillary has lent her campaign so far.  But despite the personal largesse—$11.5 million so far—and... More »

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Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • Clinton 2008 • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising

 Clinton Plea Raises $10M 

60,000K go online after Pennsylvania victory speech

Apr 23, 08 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Clinton campaign has raised nearly $10 million since Hillary made a plea to voters last night in her Pennsylvania victory speech, Reuters reports. Clinton urged supporters to contribute through her website, and she struck a chord with 60,000 donors, campaign chief Terry McAuliffe said. It's the single biggest... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democrats • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • Hillary Clinton supporters • political donors

 Dems in Dead Heat
 for Hollywood Dough 

$300 in contributions separates Clinton, Obama

Apr 16, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic presidential candidates are in a neck-and-neck race for donations from Hollywood. Less than $300 in contributions from the entertainment industry separates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, reports the Los Angeles Times. Both boast just short of $3 million in Tinseltown cash. But John McCain has only shaken loose... More »

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Hollywood • celebrity • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • campaign contributions • McCain 2008

 Clinton Ends Feb. $8.7M in Debt 

Aides explain much of it as paperwork matter

Apr 1, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had $8.7 million in debt at the end of February, including roughly $300,000 in unpaid health insurance invoices for her staff and $3,100 from her own high school alma mater, where she held a campaign event. Barack Obama notched only $625,058 in debt, reports... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • Pennsylvania • debt • campaign contributions • Democratic nomination • political donations • alma mater

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