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Small Print Lets Donors Write
Big Checks

Individuals are giving as much as $70K to candidates and parties

Oct 21, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s small donors have grabbed the headlines this election, but the latest campaign finance reports reveal that big donors have been playing their biggest role in ages, the New York Times reports. Both candidates have used joint committees, which raise money for both the candidates and their... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • political donors • Election 2008 • political donations

Tenn. Dad Names Baby After GOP Ticket

Newborn Sarah
McCain Palin Ciptak's
mom is not amused

Oct 16, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - It isn’t your typical get-out-the-vote strategy, but a Tennessee man says he hopes naming his new baby after the Republican ticket will get people to the polls, the Kingsport Times-News reports. Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak was born last week to a couple who’d agreed on the name Ava... More »

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Republican voters • Election 2008 • political donations • McCain-Palin • baby name

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

Transaction legal, but would have been banned by bill Dem Speaker supported

Oct 1, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House of Representatives • accounting • political action committees • political donations • spouse • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

Dems Get Higher Doses of Drug Company Donations

McCain's scorn, growth of government programs behind shift in support

Sep 23, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pharmaceutical firms have been a stalwart Republican ally—$22 million of the industry’s $30 billion in contributions went to GOP congressional candidates in 2002—but drug makers are increasingly supporting Democrats, Jeanne Cummings reports in Politico. Programs such as President Bush’s prescription-drug plan mean half of pharmaceutical sales... More »

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John McCain • Republican • pharmaceutical companies • Senate Republicans • congressional Democrats • pharmaceutical industry • House Republicans • political donations

McCain, Obama Both Have Ties to Loan Giants

Both took cash from leaders; McCain's manager is GSEs' ex-lobbyist

Sep 10, 08 7:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain are both railing against the excesses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the campaign trail, and promising to end the lobbyist culture in Washington that led to their fall. But both candidates and their parties have multiple ties to Fannie and Freddie, the New ... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • subprime crisis • political donations • financial crisis


 Obama Rakes in
 $52M in June 

So much for losing his fundraising power

Jul 17, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • online donations • political donations

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

 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

January Take: Obama $36M, Clinton $13.5M, Mac $11.6M

Small Internet donations key Obama success; debate over public funds grows

Feb 20, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama vastly outpaced his rivals in January fundraising, scoring $36 million to Hillary Clinton’s $13.5 million and John McCain’s $11.6 million. The Democratic front-runner drew $28 million online, with 90% of donations at or below $100. Obama is now on the spot over a 2007... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Internet • David Plouffe • campaign fundraising • public financing • Julianna Smoot • political donations

Stars Shine on Presidential Candidates

From Hollywood to 'Little House on the Prairie,' celebs pony up

Jul 17, 07 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - This just in: Hollywood loves Democrats, a "Baywatch" babe likes Dennis Kucinich, and Paulie Walnuts is with Rudy Giuliani. CNN scrutinized FEC records with some degree of thoroughness—the results are improbably light on Republicans—to generate a list of celebrity donations to the presidential candidates, and the results... More »

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Election 2008 • political donations

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