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Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

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"… t of her own experience working at a credit union.Many credit unions, NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz said, were afraid to make small-dollar loans for fear of losin …"

Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

May 1, 2011

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

Scared Red: The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

March 1, 2011

The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

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"… ority.Mackenzie said the PACs likely followed their own best interests. “Financial services didn’t like the financial regulation bill; the health care industry didn …"

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PACs flocked to conservative Blue Dog Democrats, then fled after crucial votes

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

December 7, 2010

In mid-2009, the 52 conservative House Democrats who made up the Blue Dog Coalition were at the height of their power. Money was rolling in

Withdrawn FEC nominee laments “broken” confirmation process

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

October 7, 2010

In early August, the White House quietly informed the U.S. Senate that it was withdrawing the nomination of labor lawyer John J. Sullivan

The top ten PACs that will miss Chris Dodd

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

January 8, 2010

When Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd first ran for the Senate in 1980, his campaign cost only about $1.4 million. But three decades later, r

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Blue Dogs get the munchies in August

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

September 18, 2009

Here’s the latest on the fascinating ebb and flow of fundraising by the Blue Dog Coalition — those fiscally conservative Democrats who have

Better Blue Dog than New Democrat?

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

July 30, 2009

After our report last week about the hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions flowing from the energy, financial services

Blue Dogs fill their bowls with cash

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

July 23, 2009

Whether the subject is health care reform, climate change, or pay-as-you-go budgeting rules, almost everyone, it seems, suddenly wants to ta

John Boehner: A pro-business agenda

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

June 9, 2010

A pro-business agenda

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