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  • October 2008

    • Pelosi's PAC Paid Husband's Firm $99K for Work

      Washington Times  |  Oct 1, 08 3:45 PM CDT

      Pelosi's PAC Paid Husband's Firm $99K for Work

      (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi paid her husband’s company $99,000 through her political action committee during the past 9 years, the Washington Times reports. Payments to Paul Pelosi’s Financial Leasing Services are routine fees for accounting and office-space rent payments, but would have been illegal under a bill Pelosi supported last year, which aimed to ban “indirect compensation” through PACs and campaign committees to lawmakers’ spouses. More »

  • September 2008
  • July 2008

    • Obama Rakes in $52M in June

      Reuters  |  Jul 17, 08 8:31 AM CDT

      Obama Rakes in $52M in June

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is back up in the fundraising stratosphere, pulling in $52 million in June, the campaign said today. The total is just shy of the record $55 million he drew in February, and it more than laps John McCain’s $22 million take in June. The total lays to rest speculation that Obama was in for another down month after raising “only” $30 million in April and $21.9 million in May. More »

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    • Housing Industry Funnels Cash to Lawmakers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 08 7:16 AM CDT

      Housing Industry Funnels Cash to Lawmakers

      (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 to legislators who control the bill, including Senate Banking Committee members and those on the House Financial Services Committee. More »

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

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