Webcast tonight on protection for small investors

By Julie Vorman

If you’re a nervous investor with a shrunken retirement account, a congressionally-created investor protection entity is holding a special w

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"… small investors was given a nudge last winter from Rep. Paul Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat who chairs a House subcommittee on capital markets. Kanjorski, al …"

Transparency emphasized as government mulls Fannie Mae reform

By Julie Vorman

More transparency about the overall U.S. mortgage securitization market must be part of the Obama administration’s eventual plan to reform f

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"… ary Timothy Geithner today.Susan Wachter, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton business school, said that level of transparency may include r …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… veiled the tax plan. He teaches at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.Dr. Charles Calomiris: Finance and economics adviser. Hassett, whose offic …"

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Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part two

Pat Buchanan's switch to the Reform Party on Oct. 25, 1999, was a dramatic change in the fiery commentators political life. A lifelong conse

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"… et IWP “cells” were set up, and weapons training was held on a farm in Pennsylvania. In 1987, Fulani led a New Alliance Party delegation to Tripoli, Libya, to …"

FBI tracked alleged Russian mob ties of Giuliani campaign supporter

By Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1999 — The Center for Public Integrity is investigating how billions of dollars of allegedly corrupted money from t

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"… ver the past decade.For example, Jacob Bogatin, president of YBM Magnex, a Pennsylvania firm that produces magnets, made five contributions totaling $2,750 to the …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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"… entative John Murtha, a Democrat who represents a district in southwestern Pennsylvania where coal mining has been a way of life for several generations, came int …"

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The politics of energy: Nuclear power

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2003 — On May 28, 2003, two chairs sat empty at a Las Vegas hearing called by Nevada's U.S. senators to assess conc

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"… uture, sweeping aside concerns about safety in the process.California (and Pennsylvania) dreamingAlmost immediately after he took office, President Bush convened …"

"… arch 28, an accident at Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear station in Pennsylvania very abruptly made what was considered to be a remote risk a dangerous rea …"

"… now owns 10 power plants and operates 17 nuclear reactors in Illinois and Pennsylvania, had six contacts with the group. According to federal disclosure forms, E …"

Dispute in Pennsylvania town highlights EPA's coal ash dilemma

By Amy Biegelsen

It was a windy Friday morning last December when Gary Kuklish stepped out of the post office in the tiny coal town of LaBelle, PA, looked do

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"… blowing off the hill was new. He went home and called the local office of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, but all the officers were in t …"

"… state representative, Bill DeWeese, and state senator, Richard Kasunic, to Pennsylvania’s environmental protection agency. “It is critical that this matter is …"

"… the air on Smith and Markish’s property. Katy Gresh, a spokesperson for Pennsylvania’s DEP, says “the company is in compliance and we continue to investiga …"

The Murtha Method

By The Center for Public Integrity

For months, a cloud has swirled around Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee,

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… uit business.John Engler, governor of Michigan, and Tom Ridge, governor of Pennsylvania, are unpaid political and policy advisers. Both names come up in political …"

"… pport among Michigan GOP officeholders. Ridge was credited with locking up Pennsylvania’s political establishment and raising $1.4 million for the campaign.Engl …"

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