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  1. June 22, 2000

    Issue Ad Watch: Joint Fund-Raising Committees: One-Stop Shopping for Donors

    WASHINGTON, June 22, 2000 — Political parties are turning to raising money jointly with candidates for Congress in greater numbers than ever this year and the questionable practice has raised more than $13 million so far this election cycle. Read more

  2. June 21, 2000

    ICIJ Member Ignacio Gómez Forced To Flee Colombia

    WASHINGTON, June 21, 2000 — Following attacks and death threats by right-wing paramilitary forces, ICIJ member Ignacio Gómez has been forced to flee his native Colombia. ICIJ has joined other groups in protesting to Colombian President Andrés Pastrana Arango. Read more

  3. June 14, 2000

    Oil-Financed Congress Members Target Public-Interest Group

    WASHINGTON, June 14, 2000 — A saga involving Big Oil, millions of unrealized tax dollars, whistle-blowers, members of Congress and campaign contributions is resuming on Capitol Hill, with a highly partisan House committee threatening contempt-of-Congress charges against a small, besieged public-interest watchdog group. Read more

  4. June 02, 2000

    Issue Ad Watch: N.J. Candidates Discover ‘527’ Cash Cow

    WASHINGTON, June 2, 2000 — Two Republican candidates for the 2001 New Jersey gubernatorial race have set up "527 groups" a full year before the party primary. Read more

  5. May 30, 2000

    Issue Ad Watch: Why Mitch Wants Rudy’s Money

    WASHINGTON, May 30, 2000 — Before calling it quits, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had raised more than $19 million for his Republican Senate campaign against Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Giuliani campaign, after paying remaining bills and returning $2.8 million in general election funds to contributors, will be left with more than $3 million. Read more

  6. May 30, 2000

    Issue Ad Watch: The heat is on

    WASHINGTON, May 30, 2000 — New York Republicans might be nominating Representative Rick Lazio instead of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for the U.S. Senate, but one thing remains the same: Outside interest groups don't want Hillary Rodham Clinton elected. Read more

  7. April 17, 2000

    Issue Ad Watch: Group to Spend $10 Million Against Candidates Not Hawkish On Free Market

    WASHINGTON, April 17, 2000 — A group of Wall Street investors, media executives and fiscal policy experts have created a new political group that intends to spend $10 million to oust Republican and Democratic members of Congress who don't favor free-market policies strongly enough. Read more

  8. April 04, 2000

    Bush’s Insider Connections Preceded Huge Profit On Stock Deal

    WASHINGTON, April 4, 2000 — The year 1986 was very good for George W. Bush. Read more

  9. March 30, 2000

    Issue Ad Watch: Loophole Allows Donors to Give Without Leaving a Trace

    WASHINGTON, March 30, 2000 — The same day that Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore unveiled his campaign finance reform proposal, an organization with ties to former California Gov. Pete Wilson launched a national attack on Gore by exploiting a tax-law loophole that allows a group to influence elections without having to report its existence to the Federal Election Commission or the Internal Revenue Service. Read more

  10. March 15, 2000

    Overnight Guests At Governor’s Mansion Added $2.2 Million To Bush Campaign

    WASHINGTON, March 15, 2000 — Sixty of George W. Bush's overnight guests at the Texas Governor's Mansion have collectively given and raised more than $2.2 million to further Bush's political career, an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity shows. At least 15 of Bush's guests are members of Bush's elite team of presidential fund-raisers, the $100,000-plus "Pioneers," according to the full list of overnight guests from January 1995 through February 2000. Read more

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