SOLUTIONS: Forcing contractors to disclose contributions is a good first step

By Melanie Sloan

SOLUTIONS: An executive order requiring government contractors to disclose campaign donations

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"… der obstinately standing in the way of any common sense reforms, President Obama has had to look for new ways to fill the void and the executive order is a …"

History repeat?

By Peter H. Stone

The killing spree by an Arizona man wielding a semiautomatic pistol with a high-capacity magazine raises the prospect of a fresh debate on w

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"… tum for modest gun control legislation.”Further, it’s unclear what the Obama administration would do to help. During his 2008 campaign, President Obama …"

"… Obama administration would do to help. During his 2008 campaign, President Obama backed renewing the broader assault weapons ban. But since taking office, …"

"… backed renewing the broader assault weapons ban. But since taking office, Obama hasn’t prodded Congress to take action. Over the years, public opinion h …"

Obama pep talk to donors

By Peter H. Stone

President aims to raise a cool $1 billion for his re-election campaign; GOP will build on 2010 success....

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"… tial pep talk to rev up his party’s elite fundraisers.Instead, President Obama, in a speech Wednesday to some 500 top Democratic fundraisers, focused on …"

"… employee unions.It was a curious juxtaposition of the 2012 money dynamic: Obama aiming to raise $1 billion for his re-election campaign and Barbour as a s …"

"… a symbol of the large GOP field jockeying for millions to run against him.Obama’s low-key afternoon talk was delivered to DNC fundraisers comprised most …"

"… itchell Berger, a Florida lawyer who raised more than $200,000 in 2008 for Obama, said the president stressed the issues he wants to tackle in the next two …"

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Center files FOIA suit against Education Department

By Peter Newbatt Smith

On President Obama’s first full day in office, a White House news release announced that the president was “instruct[ing] all members of his

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"… media. The Department has 30 days in which to file a response. …"

State and USAID struggle with contractors, putting billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Obama’s budget request for State Department and USAID included an 8 percent increase over last year, up to $55.7 billion, but the GAO has fo

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"… tions against lenders could total over $23 million. (HUD Inspector General) …"

Internal e-mails suggest doctoring of oil spill information by White House

By Laurel Adams

The White House may have ignored expert advice from government officials and pressured scientists to make changes in a report about the BP o

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"… k” from the White House, POGO charges in a letter addressed to President Obama. When EPA officials expressed concern about how the effects of chemical di …"

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Blighted biomass crop assistance program begins again

By Laurel Adams

A program to financially assist producers of renewable biomass crops is scheduled to restart, despite problems that led to its termination i

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"… e Agency hastily organized the program to meet a deadline set by President Obama in 2009. As a result, the Farm Service Agency never developed a handbook, …"

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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"… reactors,” Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., said this week. He urged the Obama administration to distribute KI tablets to all U.S. communities within a 2 …"

"… er plant.In 2002 Congress called for such a distribution, but the Bush and Obama administrations have taken advantage of a waiver provision in the law, and …"

"… adequate food and water to those who remained behind,” he told President Obama, in a Dec. 1, 2009 letter. And there would be no warning in the case of an …"

Senate judiciary committee members flush with campaign cash from lawyers

By Josh Israel

As the Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings today on Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, almo

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"… Committee begins confirmation hearings today on Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, almost all of the dozen Democrats and sev …"

Smooth confirmation hearing for FEC nominee John J. Sullivan

By Josh Israel

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has been a hotbed of partisan bickering and gridlock in recent years, but you wouldn't know it from to

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"… you wouldn't know it from today's Senate confirmation hearing on President Obama's first FEC nominee. Only three Senators attended today's Rules Committee …"

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