Enron top brass accused of dumping stock were big political donors

By John Dunbar, Robert Moore and MaryJo Sylwester

WASHINGTON, January 9, 2002 — Twenty-four top executives and board members at Enron Corp. contributed nearly $800,000 to national political

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"… st year, and included a stable of lobbyists and consultants such as former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed, one-time Energy Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Elizabet …"

Little-known Texas patron guided Bush policies on vouchers, tort reform

By Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2000 — Only three days after Texas Governor George W. Bush was inaugurated in 1995, he declared the state of the Texas

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"… he political consulting company, which has a client list that includes the Christian Coalition. A deal with the city of Canton, in northeastern Texas, provided for $200, …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… eriences.” Wittman is the former director of legislative affairs for the Christian Coalition and currently serves the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., as direc …"

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Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… up.Ralph Reed is a political adviser. The former executive director of the Christian Coalition is the head of Century Strategies, a political consulting group based in A …"

"… eclined to elaborate on the kind of advice he was offering. As head of the Christian Coalition between 1989 and 1997, he mobilized conservative Christians and their agen …"

Stealth PACs revealed

By The Center for Public Integrity

February 9, 2000 — The 2000 election cycle promised to be a high-stakes and free-spending election by anyone's measure. The balance of power

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"… Report, The Washington Post, and The San Francisco Examiner.527 GroupsThe Christian Coalition: The Christian Coalition has been in a bitter dispute with the IRS fo …"

"… and The San Francisco Examiner.527 GroupsThe Christian Coalition: The Christian Coalition has been in a bitter dispute with the IRS for 10 years over the IRS’s re …"

"… over the IRS’s refusal to approve its 501©4 tax status application. The Christian Coalition has been a longtime campaign force, widely distributing voter guides and p …"

"… son it sent out 2.5 million voter guides in California alone. In 1999, the Christian Coalition decided finally to retract its application for tax-exempt status, and crea …"

Loophole allows donors to give without leaving a trace

By Marianne Holt and Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2000 — The same day that Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore unveiled his campaign finance reform proposal, an o

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"… s that he will “preserve the right of individuals and groups— from the Christian Coalition to the Sierra Club — to run issue ads.”Scott McClellan, press officer …"

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Here are the groups targeted by 'no-soft-money' pledge in New York race

By Marianne Holt and Kathryn Wallace

(Washington, October 3) New Yorks U.S. Senate candidates, Republican Representative Rick Lazio of Long Island and his Democratic opponent, f

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"… Jr., a key adviser to George W. Bush and former executive director of the Christian Coalition, and Angela “Bay” Buchanan, sister of Pat Buchanan, the Reform Party p …"

Overnight guests at governor's mansion added $2.2 million to Bush campaign

By Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2000 — Sixty of George W. Bush's overnight guests at the Texas Governor's Mansion have collectively given and raised m

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"… h Bush hosted political figures Ralph Reed, then executive director of the Christian Coalition, and presidential candidate Steve Forbes in 1996, the transition from gues …"

Commentary: Political mugging in America

By Charles Lewis

Anatomy of an "independent" smear campaign

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"… sidential campaign.The Dean campaign cried foul, but no one, including the news media, could figure out exactly who was behind "Americans for Jobs." The disturb …"

"… don't know about.But shouldn't the American people, including the national news media, insist on knowing who is mucking around their democracy in the midst of a …"

Embryo research: profit vs ethics?

By Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Corporations team up with patients' rights groups to overpower opposition to research that destroys embryos, but could save lives

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"… ell research and the derivation of stem cells from human embryos. Both the Christian Coalition and the National Right to Life Committee are spending hundreds of thousand …"

"… d by Rep. Dickey that would "protect living human embryos."Since 1997, the Christian Coalition has spent almost four million dollars in lobbying expenses on various issu …"

"… s bill. In fact, Susan T. Muskett, director of legislative affairs for the Christian Coalition, was formerly a policy analyst for NRLC and lobbyied on stem cell research …"

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