Here are the groups targeted by 'no-soft-money' pledge in New York race

By Marianne Holt and Kathryn Wallace

(Washington, October 3) New Yorks U.S. Senate candidates, Republican Representative Rick Lazio of Long Island and his Democratic opponent, f

When the Democrats wined and dined, here's who paid the piper

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2000 — Anyone who thought the Democratic National Convention was only about presidential nominee Al Gore must have

Harriet Miers donated $5,000 to Bush election recount

By The Center for Public Integrity

WASHINGTON, October 4, 2005 — President George W. Bush's latest Supreme Court nominee, White House Counsel Harriet Miers, donated $5,000 to
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Amid record profits, Exxon tries to shirk interest payments in Valdez oil spill case

By Marianne Lavelle

At the same time that ExxonMobil was racking up the largest quarterly profit of any U.S. company in history — $14.8 billion — the oil giant

New study shows campaign money affects judicial decisions

By Te-Ping Chen

PaperTrail has some homework for Supreme Court justices, regarding Caperton v. Massey, a case they heard arguments for yesterday. A recent s

House committee moves to allow suits for military medical malpractice

By Nick Schwellenbach

Congress moved Wednesday toward allowing soldiers to sue military medical personnel for medical malpractice, except in cases related to comb
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From Wye Island to Wye Mills: Suburban Maryland sprawls to the Eastern Shore

By Travis Dunn

From Wye Island to Wye Mills: Suburban Maryland sprawls to the Eastern Shore

Town bypasses normal channels to aid major development

By Dick Cooper

Town bypasses normal channels to aid major development

Politicking pastors

By Sarah Laskow

Everyone else is talking politics these days, and now a group of conservative pastors is challenging a tax law that says they can’t join in.

The Center remembers Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2007 — "Fearless inquiry is essential to give people the knowledge that makes democracy possible and that keeps it s

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