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A gallery of skeptics

By Lisa Chiu

Chris Horner ...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Virginia":

"… red Singer, president of the Science & Environmental Policy Project in Virginia, is an oft-quoted skeptic who cites his expertise as a former director of …"

"… rvice and professor emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia.Founded in 1990, his nonprofit group briefs politicians and government off …"

Trading in favors

By Alex Knott and Aubrey Bruggeman

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2003 — Legislative favors, increased access to federal lawmakers and instructions on how to use loopholes to evade feder

The party's parties

By Meredith O'Brien

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2004 — At this year's Democratic national convention in Boston, special interests are planning and paying for a reported

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"… 5-JulWisconsin delegationBoston 2004Boston Nature CenterNature center25-JulVirginia, West Virginia delegationsBoston 2004Hyde Park Library, Menino WingLibrary …"

"… delegationBoston 2004Boston Nature CenterNature center25-JulVirginia, West Virginia delegationsBoston 2004Hyde Park Library, Menino WingLibrary25-JulPuerto Ri …"

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Was 1998 tobacco pact a bad deal for some U.S. states?

Some states might have collected more through cigarette tax

Excerpts from this story referencing "Virginia":

"… , smokers in many states, including Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, are paying $100 million more for tobacco due to higher prices than the se …"

Lawsuit loans add new risk for the injured

By Binyamin Appelbaum and Ben Hallman

The business of lending to plaintiffs has blossomed over the past decade, part of a growing trend in which banks and hedge funds seeking unt

Excerpts from this story referencing "Virginia":

"… erms to 43 Vioxx plaintiffs, totaling about $224,000. Orran L. Brown, the Virginia lawyer appointed to disburse the settlement, described the cost of the loa …"

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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Virginia":

"… about 15 to 20 people (including the senator) at campaign headquarters in Virginia.Dr. Jeremy Siegel: Finance adviser. Siegel has never advised other politic …"

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Commentary — The assault on liberty (continued)

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2003 — President George W. Bush used the second anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks not only to pr

Excerpts from this story referencing "Virginia":

"… federal law enforcement powers. Speaking at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, Bush said “Under current federal law, there are unreasonable obstac …"

Draft legislation undercuts Bush domestic spying rationale

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

Excerpts from this story referencing "Virginia":

"… ent in relying on arguments of constitutional authority.”A University of Virginia law professor who defends the legality of the NSA program believes as a pr …"

Late-breaking suggestions for climate bill pouring in

By Marianne Lavelle

The outline of a federal policy on climate change will begin to take shape tomorrow, as House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry W

Federal elections panel too swamped to check campaign finance abuses

By Marianne Holt

December 1, 1999 — The Federal Election Commission is mired in an investigation backlog and will be swamped by thousands of cases, giving it

Excerpts from this story referencing "Virginia":

"… w Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, is political gridlock.Bordner, whose thesis involves a review of the MUR …"

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