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Some anti-spending candidates’ businesses have government contracts, tax breaks in their past

By Kimberly Leonard and Aaron Mehta

In his quest for West Virginia’s Senate seat, Republican John Raese frequently attacks “professional politicians’ out-of-control spending sp

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Some candidates against government spending had federal contracts, tax breaks

By Kimberly Leonard and Aaron Mehta

FACT CHECK: Truth about tax rate talking points

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DOT criticized for vagueness on $9.5 billion in projects

By Aaron Mehta

Tea Party founder, Texans among those asking for stimulus funds

By Julie Vorman

With 6 car dealers in Congress, industry revs up horsepower on Capitol Hill

By Kimberly Leonard

Car dealers rev up horsepower on Capitol Hill

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Auto dealers spend big to stay out of financial reform

By Joe Eaton

Auto dealers maneuver for exemption in financial reform bill

By Michael Hudson

How Wall Street can still win

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Federal regulator gets derivatives advice from industry insiders

By Keith Epstein and Ben Protess

Newt Gingrich faces questions about consulting job and support for biofuels

By John Aloysius Farrell

Gingrich takes consulting fee from ethanol while getting big fossil fuel donations

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High-stakes lobbying over ethanol’s indirect impact

By Marianne Lavelle

Gingrich earned twice as much as previously disclosed from ethanol lobbying group

By John Aloysius Farrell

Last minute flurry of ethanol lobbying at OMB

By Marianne Lavelle

Ethanol’s political investment: PACs gave $1 million over last two cycles

By Josh Israel

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During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

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More big money from pharmaceutical lobby in 2008

By Mary Beth Lombardo

Surrogates for their agenda

By Alexander Cohen

Nursing home patients put at risk by antipsychotic drugs, IG says

By Laurel Adams

Drug lobby second to none

By M. Asif Ismail

Fact Check: Rep. Ryan's budget spin

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GOP budget chairman throws some curves while 'setting the record straight'

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GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

FACT CHECK: Bachmann wrongly calls the health care law the largest entitlement program in history

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FACT CHECK: President Obama, Romney both distort the facts

By FactCheck.Org

Medicare: An entitlement out of control

By David Nather

Financial reform this week: Would companies drop compensation committees to evade SEC rule?

By Julie Vorman

SEC tackles credit rating, due diligence rules

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Law professors ask SEC to write new political donation disclosure rules for business

By Amy Biegelsen

Harken Energy Corporation internal documents

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Faux corporate directors stand in for fraudsters, despots and spies

By Gerard Ryle and Stefan Candea

"Help wanted" to influence Dodd-Frank law

By Julie Vorman

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Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

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Education Department pulls student debt collectors guide off website

By Ariel Wittenberg

Need financial advice? Feds have 50 different financial literacy programs

By Laurel Adams

Payday lenders agree to stop 'deceptive and illegal' practices

By David Heath

Race car driver Scott Tucker drew an elaborate facade around his payday loan businesses

By David Heath

Analysis — Health insurance corporate profits spiked despite dire predictions of health care reform wreckage

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health insurers cheered last week when profits soared; consumers left in lurch

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ANALYSIS: Insurance exchanges tilted toward health insurers, not consumers

By Wendell Potter

Insured profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Putting our premiums into medical care, not profits

By Wendell Potter

OPINION: A nice little gift from ObamaCare directly to you

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Blue Cross, Blue Shield get richer by borrowing playbook of corporate insurers

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Examining the soaring profits of the nonprofit Blues

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OPINION: Real-world health insurance math doesn't add up

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Blue Shield of California's refund is peanuts compared to its profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Putting our premiums into medical care, not profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Nonprofit insurers accustomed to double-digit rate hikes fight California plan

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: 'Purging' small business coverage to hike health insurance profits

By Wendell Potter

Health insurance firms 'purging' small businesses coverage to jack up profits

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Analysis — The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Obama plan helping those with pre-existing health conditions

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Taking the initiative in a struggle against excessive rate increases

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Are insurers influencing health reform's rules behind closed doors?

By Wendell Potter

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