WaMu, other banks motivated by greed, financial crisis probe concludes

By David Heath

WaMu, other bankers knowingly sold bad loans, Senate probe of crisis concludes

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"… iberately packaging and selling lousy mortgage loans. Sen. Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who oversaw the bipartisan inquiry, says they sold the loans to a …"

Bankers, consumer groups clash over IRS plan to crack down on foreign tax cheats

By Michael Hudson

US banks say they shouldn't have to report foreign deposits

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"… ormation, she said.Speaking at the hearing on behalf of Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat who has spent years investigating offshore tax havens, Bean said …"

Mitch Daniels' state PAC raised more money than other presidential wannabees

By Aaron Mehta

Mitch Daniels raised more than $2 million for his state-based PAC, highest among presidential contenders

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"… o collected almost $600,000 less than Daniels, registered PACs in Alabama, Michigan and the key primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. iWat …"

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The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

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"… . Four key panel members, Chairman Emeritus Representative John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, Representative Rick Boucher, a Virginia Democrat, and Republican …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

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"… ne of the states he listed: Florida, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Arkansas, and New Mexico. Some went quietly; some, like Iglesias, …"

Michigan PAC robocalls blast Democrat

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

While much of our focus has been independent groups with millions of dollars to invest in campaign ads, today we note a relatively cheap “ro

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"… campaign ads, today we note a relatively cheap “robocall” message from Michigan political action committee whose most recent filing showed just $4,340.33 …"

"… emocrat Toni Sessoms was recorded by Gary Glenn, treasurer of Campaign for Michigan Families, a socially conservative state PAC. In a recorded audio message t …"

"… the voters” with independent expenditures like this one.The Campaign for Michigan Families, in its October filing with the state’s bureau of elections, di …"

"… One of those three donors was the leadership PAC for third-term Republican Michigan State Rep. Rick Jones, currently a candidate for state senate.Jones told Y …"

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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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"… d a fee for their distribution. The practice is widespread enough that two Michigan state legislators introduced legislation in 2009 to prohibit groups from a …"

"… rick and John Conyers, ran as an ad in the July 28-August 3 edition of the Michigan Chronicle. The ad did not, as required, identify whether those candidates …"

Top pipeline regulator missing from Congressional hearing

By Aaron Mehta

The Obama administration’s top pipeline safety official has recused herself from matters related to Enbridge Inc’s massive oil spill in Mich

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"… used herself from matters related to Enbridge Inc’s massive oil spill in Michigan because she previously worked for the company’s American arm.Cynthia Qua …"

"… r purifiers. The waiver forms, described as “borderline fraudulent” by Michigan Democrat Mark Schauer, had allowed Enbridge to access the signer’s entir …"

Congress investigates treatment of Michigan oil spill victims

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

Phyllis Nelson defied her doctors’ predictions by surviving chronic lung disease for the last seven years, and until late July she had her s

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"… th some young children developing horrifying black spots on their skin.The Michigan victims are now at the center of a congressional probe into the tactics th …"

"… inn., has dispatched congressional investigators to the front lines of the Michigan leak, which despite its size was overshadowed this summer by the historic …"

"… Enbridge should step up and be accountable and responsive to the people in Michigan who have suffered injury or property damage.”Jennifer Varey, spokeswoman …"

Fear and fortune

By G.W. Schulz

Sept. 11 hastened a booming homeland security industry. One southern California company still struggled to get ahead.

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"… n were halted when he filed for bankruptcy in late 2006. Today he lives in Michigan and is the government sales executive of a Texas-based company with a slig …"

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