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

Excerpts from this story referencing "PFA":

"… we engage in are in support of the president’s agenda.Feather said that PFA is a grassroots organization that mobilizes the public to contact their me …"

"… y Democratic operatives are planning on creating a comparable nonprofit to PFA that would advocate their party’s issues. The Washington Post reported t …"

"… he Center when asked about the plans to create a Democratic counterpart to PFA. When we want to announce it, we’ll announce it.Nonprofits like PFA give …"

"… t to PFA. When we want to announce it, we’ll announce it.Nonprofits like PFA give fundraisers an incredible advantage over 527s and other soft money ac …"

Stealth campaigns

By Sara Fritz

Their names roll off the tongue with a patriotic cadence: Freedom’s Watch, Democracy Alliance, Citizens United, Progress for America, Founda

Excerpts from this story referencing "PFA":

"… 000 and a good friend of White House adviser Karl Rove, was the founder of PFA. Originally, the group’s purpose was to support Bush’s agenda. When th …"

"… running independent issue ads supporting Bush’s reelection, Feather left PFA. But his firm, Feather Larson Synhorst-DCI, went on to do campaign work fo …"

Battling over social security

By Kevin Bogardus

Several groups associated with 527s are now engaged in the dispute over Bush's plan to overhaul the entitlement program

Excerpts from this story referencing "PFA":

"… und, anticipates spending more than $10 million on Social Security reform. PFA has already broadcast a national television ad promoting private accounts …"

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'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing fleets have devastated stocks in the southern Pacific, once among the world’s richest waters

Excerpts from this story referencing "PFA":

"… lsfoort, president of the Dutch-based Pelagic Freezer-Trawler Association (PFA), which represents nine companies and 25 European Union-flagged vessels, c …"

"… he environmental group Greenpeace released in December 2011 looked hard at PFA, the Dutch-based association that represents the Annelies Ilena. It found …"

"… pendent consultant for Greenpeace, said that by a conservative calculation PFA’s average yearly profit of around €55 million would be €7 million wi …"

"… d be €7 million without taxpayer support. At the other extreme, it said, PFA would have lost €50.3 million.EU funds — and financial support from Ge …"

Sin control, gigantes pesqueros diezman el Pacífico Sur

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

La depredación del Pacífico Sur

Excerpts from this story referencing "PFA":

"… dente de la Asociación de Grandes Arrastreros Congeladores de Pelágicos (PFA, por sus siglas en inglés), con sede en Holanda y que representa los inte …"

"… de 2011 por la organización ecologista Greenpeace critica con dureza a la PFA, la asociación con sede en Holanda que representa al barco Annelis Ilena. …"

"… elis Ilena. El documento revela que, desde 2006 a 2011, las empresas de la PFA se beneficiaron con exenciones fiscales para combustible cuyo monto anual …"

"… ue, conforme a un cálculo conservador, las ganancias anuales medias de la PFA cercanas a 55 millones de euros serían de tan sólo siete millones sin la …"

Fishing nations fail to stop plunder in the South Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing nations failed to stop plunder in the South Pacific

Excerpts from this story referencing "PFA":

"… k mackerel fishery is the Dutch-based Pelagic Freezer-Trawler Association (PFA), which represents nine companies and 25 European Union-flagged vessels.So …"

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Dutch Parliament debates ICIJ’s Pacific overfishing investigation

By Marina Walker Guevara

ICIJ's exposé on overfishing in the South Pacific sparks parliamentary debate

Excerpts from this story referencing "PFA":

"… yer in the fishery is the Dutch-based Pelagic Freezer-Trawler Association (PFA), which represents nine companies and 25 European Union-flagged vessels. P …"

"… A), which represents nine companies and 25 European Union-flagged vessels. PFA president Gerard van Balsfoort told ICIJ in January that vessels in the so …"

"… a time … the entire fleet has to be blamed for it,” he said, including PFA.But at this week’s parliamentary debate, Henk Bleker, the state secretar …"

"… ism MPs raised in the Wednesday debate about the fishing activities of the PFA conglomerate in the South Pacific.  “We should not praise ourselves …"