Airtime Is money

By Sandy Bergo, Agustín Armendariz and John Perry

Basing pay on ad spending could create a consulting conflict of interest

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… support and to prepare for the next race.Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of The Broken Branch: How Congress is Failing America, says …"

Tax gift to the rich

By John Aloysius Farrell

How one loophole helps some wealthy Americans pay less taxes

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… he economic promise of America. Analysts from liberal think tanks like the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute joined conservative scholars from the Heritage Fou …"

New consumer finance watchdog vows to regulate predatory lenders

By Corbin Hiar

New consumer finance chief pledges to keep payday lenders in check

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… Cordray, the 52-year-old former Ohio attorney general told a crowd at the Brookings Institution. "Many subprime loans during the housing bubble were made by non-bank mort …"

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TransCanada, developer of controversial pipeline, boosts lobbying spending

By Corbin Hiar

Keystone XL backers spent more than $400,000 lobbying for the pipeline in the last quarter

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… his guests at last night’s [State of the Union speech],” according to Brookings Institution's Stephen Hess.Republican Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska has proposed legislat …"

FACT CHECK: Obama White House ‘full of Wall Street executives’?

By FactCheck.Org

Conservative super PAC runs ad on 'Obama's Wall Street Inner Circle'

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… nal Budget Office (January 2007-November 2008) and was an economist at the Brookings Institution (2001-2007).As with Emanuel and Caldera, there were a few others on AFF’ …"

FACT CHECK: Democrats' repeat ‘end Medicare’ cry is wrong, again

By FactCheck.Org

House Majority PAC returns to false talking point that House Republicans voted to end Medicare

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… until after the 2012 election.Alice Rivlin, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and the founding director of the CBO, told us that plan’s cap on the inc …"

"… es. Roll Call Vote No. 277. 15 Apr 2011.Rivlin, Alice, senior fellow, Brookings Institution. Phone interview with FactCheck.org. 20 Feb 2012.Rother, John, president, …"

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'Occupy Obamacare' PAC attacks health care plan in bizarre videos

By Michael Beckel

Bizarre videos proves super PACs don't need big money to produce creative political theater.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… dreds have done,” said Anthony Corrado, a campaign finance expert at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. “The key is either finding a wealthy supporter …"

Former U.S. nuclear commander startles with proposal to cut weapons arsenal by 80%

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Squabbling in Washington intensifies as a former nuclear force commander urges 80% reduction in the arsenal.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… al should go.The Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, told a Brookings Institution audience in Washington on Wednesday — when asked about the new report …"

FACT CHECK: Does Obama’s plan ‘gut welfare reform?’

By FactCheck.Org

A new ad from the Romney campaign claims Obama will gut welfare reform. Will it?

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… rongly undermines welfare reform,” said Haskins, co-director of the Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families. “Each state has to say what they wi …"

"… urces for the House Ways and Means Committee from 1995 to 2000. Now at the Brookings Institution, Haskins’ biographystates that he was “instrumental in the 1996 o …"

Export push reframes debate over fracking

By Alexandra Duszak

Energy indepedence for the U.S. no longer at issue — exports would help industry's bottom line.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brookings Institution":

"… matically if the U.S. began exporting. Other LNG export studies, from the Brookings Institution and the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies at Rice University, also …"

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