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 Obama Wallet
 Strikes Fear
 in GOP Hearts 

He's already shown he knows how to spend

Jun 5, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans not used to worrying about money are sweating pennies, given John McCain's relatively inept fundraising in the face of an unprecedented Democratic war chest. Barack Obama, by conservative estimates, will have $300 million to McCain’s federal cap of $85 million for the general-election campaign, Politico reports—and with... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • Obama 2008 • campaign fundraising • political advertising • McCain 2008

Obama Moves to Clean Up DNC
Money Machine

Opens fundraisers to press; lobby groups barred from giving

Jun 5, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama moved today to make his campaign more transparent, in keeping with his theme of bringing change to Washington. Obama will open all his fundraisers to the press, Politico reports. He’s also cleaning up his party’s fundraising efforts; starting today, the Democratic National Committee, like Obama’s... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • lobbyist • Obama 2008 • fundraiser • campaign fundraising • DNC • transparency

Spreadsheets Can't Handle Democrats' Haul

FEC, watchdogs, Excel struggle to keep up with bulging bank accounts

May 26, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic presidential candidates have raised so much money that the FEC can’t handle the data, Politico reports. Barack Obama’s January report was so big that industry standard spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel 2003 couldn’t handle it. By March, Hillary Clinton had also broken the Excel barrier—... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • FEC • Federal Election Commission • campaign finance report

 Dem Bankrollers
 Readying United Wallet 

Race will continue into June, but merger under way

May 18, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will fight each other for the nomination into June, but top fundraisers are already ensuring a McCain defeat, no matter who the nominee is. One DNC fundraiser was held in honor of a Clinton backer at the residence of an Obama supporter, the Washington Post... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • campaign funds • campaign fundraising • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

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

 I Took Cash,
 No Bribes: Olmert 

Vows to resign if indicted 

May 9, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert resisted calls for his resignation today, after admitting on national TV last night that he accepted contributions from a New York businessman—but denying that any of it was a bribe. Olmert, under criminal investigation for allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Long Island millionaire Morris... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • campaign finance • bribery • corruption • Knesset • Morris Talansky • Likud Party • criminal investigation



 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

Obama Says McCain
All Talk on CEO Pay

He also calls for overhaul of public financing system for campaigns

Apr 11, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama grilled John McCain on CEO compensation today and continued laying into the public financing system for campaigns. He railed against execs who “make more in one day than their workers make in one year” and called for legislation requiring corporations to let shareholders set pay. He said... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • executive compensation • campaign finance • CEO • public financing

 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

Vendors to Clinton: Don't
Be a Deadbeat

Many irked as campaign delays bills to keep pace in race

Mar 30, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s campaign is earning a deadbeat reputation among some campaign vendors, reports Politico. To keep pace with Obama and maintain reserves for future media buys and events, it has put off paying hundreds of bills, leaving many—mostly small and local—businesses grousing. Clinton ended February with $16... More »

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Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • Clinton administration • campaign funds • Clinton 2008 • campaign fundraising • campaign

Feds Indict Puerto Rican Governor in Finance Probe

Look into campaign funds yields 19 counts

Mar 27, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Puerto Rican Gov.Anibal Acevedo Vila was indicted today on 19 counts, including election fraud and conspiracy to violate federal campaign-finance laws, the AP reports. Vila and 12 associates are accused of breaking rules in financing the 2000 campaign that saw Vila elected the territory's Washington rep. Vila says the... More »

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campaign finance • Puerto Rico • Federal Election Law • governor • federal indictment • Anibal Acevedo Vila

Dem Donations a Nightmare
for GOP

Obama, Clinton cash flow makes McCain's look like a trickle

Mar 1, 08 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Republicans may be enjoying the death match between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but likely not the phenomenal fundraising of the Democrats.  "I look at the Barack Obama campaign in some horror," the GOP national treasurer tells AP, citing Obama's $50-million take in February, along with Clinton's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign contributions • Election 2008 • public election financing

McCain Steps Over Gauntlet Huckabee Throws Down

Challenger will go anywhere, do anything

Feb 26, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee wants to debate John McCain, he told a sparsely attended press conference today. Campaign finance laws may make the presumptive nominee “go completely dark between virtually now and the nomination convention,” said Huckabee, who described himself as “disappointed” at the lack of GOP debates, MSNBC... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • Mike Huckabee • debates

DNC to File Campaign Fund Complaint Against McCain

DNC says McCain broke campaign finance rules

Feb 25, 08 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - The Democratic National Committee will file an FEC complaint today against John McCain, accusing the likely GOP nominee of violating policy when he obtained campaign loans by promising to repay them with federal funds, the Washington Post reports. The FEC so far hasn't granted McCain's request to now opt... More »

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John McCain • RNC • campaign finance • Howard Dean • Democratic National Committee • Federal Election Commission • US Congress • public funding

McCain, Obama Clash Over Campaign Funds

McCain puts Obama's public funding pledge in the spotlight

Feb 16, 08 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain is baiting Barack Obama over campaign finance, the New York Times reports. Obama pledged last February that he would accept public financing—which comes with spending limits—if he became the Democratic nominee and his Republican opponent did likewise. He hasn't recommitted and GOP front-runner McCain is wondering... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign contributions • public financing • presidential election

Huckabee Flies South for the Weekend

Candidate detours to Caribbean to give paid speech, pay the bills

Feb 15, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee vows to stay in the presidential race, but a man has got to make a living, too. Huckabee is leaving wintry Wisconsin today for the Cayman Islands, where he will give a paid speech tomorrow, Newsweek reports. The only candidate without a government paycheck or personal fortune, Huckabee... More »

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campaign finance • Mike Huckabee • Caribbean • Cayman Islands • campaign trail

Clinton: No Nomination, No Tax Returns

Obama campaign
blasts Hillary as
not 'fully vetted'

Feb 9, 08 9:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s campaign said yesterday that it will not release the Democratic candidate’s tax returns unless she wins the party’s nod, the Swamp reports. Obama’s campaign attacked Clinton for the move. "Why should Democratic voters have to wait until after the primary campaign is over... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Chicago • campaign finance • Tony Rezko • tax returns

Hillary Mulls Another Loan
to Campaign

Clinton put $5M into coffers in January, eyes Obama's deep pockets

Feb 6, 08 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton lent her campaign $5 million in January and is considering another gift to keep it competitive with Barack Obama's wealthier campaign. Obama raised $32 million to Clinton’s $13.5 million in January, the AP reports, and though her camp trumpeted a fantastic fund-raising day today, the New ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • campaign fundraising

Risky Loan Helped McCain Hold On

Senator took $3M gamble, complete
with death clause

Feb 1, 08 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's Lazarus-like return to the top of the race for the Republican presidential nomination required a huge gamble, writes the Washington Post—a $3 million loan last November to fund his struggling campaign, which was not only broke but $500,000 in the red. McCain had put up his... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • loans • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

With Polls Open, Elections Monitor Closed

Partisan deadlock has Federal Election Commission toothless

Jan 9, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - As the 2008 election cycle kicks into high gear, the partisan wrangling over nominations to the Federal Election Commission has shut down the watchdog body, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Four of six seats on the commission are vacant, and nominations are gridlocked in the Senate—leaving the agency with... More »

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campaign finance • ethics bill • Federal Election Commission

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