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Sen. John Kerry remains top Democratic fundraiser, barely

Kerry plans to use 1970s-era campaign finance regulations

The political power of the communications industry

Writers of telecom law move to K Street

Telephone companies spend hundreds of millions to influence policy

Legislators taken to NASCAR races, "Wildcatters Ball"

WASHINGTON, October 28, 2005 — Most people have heard tales of the dead casting ballots in Chicago or Philadelphia, but there's another form