Greenhouse cash

By Chris Hamby

Oil, gas and coal money favored Republican campaigns 4-to-1

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"… ust under $150,000 in 2009 and 2010 from the fossil fuel industries.  House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, took in about $258,000 during th …"

"… up to the 2010 midterm elections, in which Republicans took control of the House of Representatives.Since that election, the EPA has come under fire, with …"

"… Households, they burden small businesses and farmers as well.” The House and Senate are expected to vote on the legislation within days. Senate Maj …"

Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

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"… her plan to spend $52 million this year to help a few dozen GOP Senate and House candidates with television ads and get-out-the-vote drives.Gillespie’s i …"

"… dgling group that’s hoping to spend about $25 million to help Senate and House candidates; Steven Law, a former general counsel at the Chamber and the pr …"

"… MAG data says that GOP-affiliated groups spent $24.8 million on Senate and House ads from Aug.1 to Sept. 20 while their Democratic rivals spent just $4.9 m …"

"… independent groups with plans to spend $10 million plus helping Senate and House candidates by running expensive ads and/or conducting get out the vote eff …"

The struggle to police foreign subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Schwellenbach and Lagan Sebert

To win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Iraq, military experts want U.S. companies to contract with local firms for a variety of tasks li

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"… rity consideration for contracts” increases the risk of fraud, he told a House oversight committee in June.The Pentagon’s Iraqi First program, launched …"

"… said.DiNunzio was referring to a problem dubbed “Warlord, Inc.” by the House oversight subcommittee on national security. It found many private securit …"

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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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"… ountry.Stimulus in Wisconsin, Missouri, KentuckyAppleton, Wis., Republican House candidate Reid Ribble bashed the stimulus even though a construction firm …"

"… government to fix the private sector,” Ganley said.In southern Virginia, House candidate Scott Rigell, who has decried the stimulus and other government …"

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

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

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"… the only way the Democrats are likely to win them over is to take back the House majority.Mackenzie said the PACs likely followed their own best interests. …"

"… pealing Wall Street reform for the big banks, it’s plain as day that the House Republican majority is a dream come true for the same-old corporate specia …"

"… 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the House, Republican contributions from these committees started to spike. A second …"

"… initial pro-GOP spike was detectable around the time of the November 2009 House passage of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Once hea …"

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

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

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

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"… nd to requests for comment for this story. …"

"… key voting bloc in expectation of legislation proposed by the Obama White House.Through the first six months of that year, the Blue Dog political action c …"

"… rs.After this month’s Republican rout, the GOP will control at least 242 House seats, a commanding majority. And though the new majority may seek the sup …"

"… compasses 2009 and 2010, the Democrats have had what looked like a massive House majority, with almost 40 extra votes to spare. Even so, to pass any legisl …"

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The climate lobbyists

By Matthew Lewis

A sampling of power players

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"… he government of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Former Representative Vin Weber, Minnesota Republican Managing Partner, Clark & Weinstock The former six-term Con …"

John Mica — Transportation Committee

By Aaron Mehta

John Mica, the brother of former Democratic Rep. Dan Mica, was elected to the U.S. House as a Republican in 1992 representing Florida’s 7th

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"… a, the brother of former Democratic Rep. Dan Mica, was elected to the U.S. House as a Republican in 1992 representing Florida’s 7th District. The distric …"

"… than 95 percent of the time during the 111th Congress. As chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Mica would oversee airline, h …"

"… r Mica, Justin Harclerode, said a top priority for Mica as chairman of the House panel would be re-authorizing the multi-billion-dollar surface transportat …"

Political inaction committees: How political action committees are spending your donations

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Gabriel Debenedetti

Jay Peters is a psychology instructor at a Durham, North Carolina, community college who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to conserv

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"… enberg, share a Capitol Hill row House. Located just a few blocks from the House chambers, it is ideally suited for entertaining her Democratic colleagues …"

"… ber 2001, the Congresswoman’s leadership PAC aimed to “assist marginal House incumbents” and “support promising House challengers to help elect a D …"

"… C aimed to “assist marginal House incumbents” and “support promising House challengers to help elect a Democratic majority,” her then-chief of staf …"

"… ongresswoman, academics, policy experts, and all interested members of the House Democratic Caucus. Solicited donors are not specifically told of these din …"

“Founders” rally for change in election finance

Led by actors dressed as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross, two good-government groups today sought to draw a

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"… d Fair Elections Now Act, which would build on legislation approved in the House last week to make it clear how much companies, unions and other groups spe …"

"… mmission ruling .The proposed bill already has bipartisan support from 156 House members, and is backed by 22 senators, according to Nick Nyhart, chief exe …"

"… essional leadership; no committee hearings have even been scheduled in the House or Senate.The parade of Founding Fathers and Betsy Ross stopped at the Dem …"

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