American Crossroads spin-off launches new ads in Missouri, Nevada

By Peter H. Stone

Conservative group American Crossroads, launched barely six months ago with help from GOP uber-consultants Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove, has r

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"… his afternoon, the group will begin airing two new television issue ads in Missouri and Nevada. Each ad is slated to run for three weeks and the combined buys …"

"… der Harry Reid in Nevada and Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan in Missouri. American Crossroads has already spent some $600,000 on ads in Nevada atta …"

EPA needs to improve monitoring of Missouri toxic waste site

By Laurel Adams

A review by the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency reveals deficiencies in safety testing at a Superfund hazardous was

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"… ff to creeks and tributaries on the Wheeling site eventually flow into the Missouri River, just two miles south.“If incorrect standards continue to be used, …"

Nine states don’t deploy radiation safeguards

By John Aloysius Farrell and Laurel Adams

Critics in Congress question state claims that quick evacuations make iodine pills unnecessary; Japan is distributing iodine to people in th

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"… id Peter Ricca, emergency response manager for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. “Having people evacuate is the most effective and best way. …"

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

By Josh Israel

Political action committees for companies and trade groups involved with the ethanol industry contributed $1 million to Congressional candid

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"… the big corn-growing state of Illinois, 12 each in Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri, and 10 in Ohio.Ethanol subsidies have returned to the Congressional agend …"

Ex-GOP whip blunt gave earmarks and got campaign cash through the 'Murtha Method'

By Josh Israel, Josh Israel and Josh Israel

Rep. Roy Blunt’s Congressional Web site notes that “while Washington politicians claim they can spend your money better than you can, the fe

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"… d in some cases: outright fraud.” Sounds good. And yet in 2007, Blunt, a Missouri Republican, was the lone member of the Congressional leadership to partici …"

"… a registered federal lobbyist for EaglePicher Technologies Inc., a Joplin, Missouri-based manufacturer of battery management systems for defense and other pur …"

"… end of 2008 and is currently a candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in Missouri. …"

Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West hailed Maryland’s Legal Aid Bureau with a rousing speech a few weeks ago that equated the nonprofi

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"… in Pennsylvania who admitted diverting money from the poor for years to a Missouri man who pleaded guilty to stealing from a program to help poor American Sa …"

"… p’s Visa card for $72,000 in personal expenses.In another recent case, a Missouri man pleaded guilty in March to embezzling $31,292 while he was acting dire …"

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Top 10 lobby firms take financial reform to the bank

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

Just 10 Washington lobbying firms represented more than 130 key clients in the financial regulatory reform debate that is entering a crucial

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"… director for House Minority Leader John Boehner and as a senior adviser to Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt.The Center ranked the lobbying firms based on the number of …"

Brainstorming the future of investigative reporting

By Gordon Witkin

It is, admittedly, just a modest first step. But the Center for Public Integrity is co-hosting a meeting this week that we hope might eventu

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"… journalism and representatives of additional new initiatives in Colorado, Missouri, California, Texas, and Minnesota.Lots of other interested groups wanted …"

Impending ban hasn't stopped soft money rush by presidential hopefuls

By Alex Knott and Adam Mayle

WASHINGTON, October 17, 2002 — Potential candidates for the 2004 presidential primaries have raised more than $7.6 million in unregulated so

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"… House, registered the organization on Feb. 16, 2001, in his home state of Missouri.We are pro-Bush, Feather told the Center. The only things that we engage i …"

Club 100: Over 100 Americans gave more than $100,000 to state political parties

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, November 21, 2002 — Political party organizations will never do business quite the same way again. ...

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"… l election. Democratic parties in Florida, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Nevada and Minnesota each received checks ranging from $1 …"

"… Freddie Mac) by then-President Bill Clinton in 1993. He contributed to the Missouri Democratic State Committee.48. Peter L. Buttenweiser $128,250A philanthrop …"

"… underprivileged children. He contributed to Republican party committees in Missouri and Virginia.83. Steve Ballmer – $100,000Ballmer is Microsoft Corp. CEO …"

"… Services operates 22 nursing homes in Alabama, and 15 others in Arkansas, Missouri and Florida. He contributed to the Missouri Democratic State Committee.88. …"

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