Analysis – The ‘Front Group’ hall of shame

By Wendell Potter

Today is the day health insurers and their allies plan to launch their brand new front group the Choice and Competition Coalition.

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"… ongress did not pass a Patient’s Bill of Rights. The HBC allied with the conservative group FreedomWorks to demonize the legislation, which, among other things, …"

Crossroads GPS ad attacks Harry Reid, and attack ads

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies (GPS), a conservative group that has poured millions of dollars into attack ads, is airing a new

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"… . www.crossroadsgps.org …"

Americans for Prosperity blasts Ohio Democrat’s climate change vote

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group with links to the billionaire co-owner of industrial giant Koch Industries, has launched an a

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"… e’s committee. www.americansforprosperity.org …"

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Karl Rove, GOP heavyweights find sugar daddies for groups influencing elections

By Peter H. Stone

Despite having no official position, former President Bush adviser Karl Rove remains a potent, behind-the-scenes operative doing his utmost

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"… ference call for prospective donors to American Crossroads, an independent conservative group he helped launch this year — a group that has announced plans to s …"

American Crossroads spin-off launches new ads in Missouri, Nevada

By Peter H. Stone

Conservative group American Crossroads, launched barely six months ago with help from GOP uber-consultants Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove, has r

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"… for an ambitious get-out-the-vote effort aimed at bringing Republicans and conservative-leaning independents to the polls in November. The group expects to announ …"

"… d another from a trust controlled by Jerry Perenchio, a long time donor to conservative groups. The group’s prior IRS report showed that another company that Si …"

Supreme Court leaves most of auditing regulator intact

The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down as unconstitutional some provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that created an auditing oversight re

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"… tion from the PCAOB. The cause was taken up by the Free Enterprise Fund, a conservative group, which lost before a federal district court judge and on appeal. The …"

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Legal challenge seeks to bring down new campaign finance law

By Kathryn Wallace and Marianne Holt

A conservative group in Alabama has filed the first court challenge to recently passed campaign finance legi

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"… until its case can be heard.The IRS said it does not comment on lawsuits. …"

"… half of NFRA’s 25,000 members and, Haughton said, a growing coalition of conservative and liberal grassroots groups that believe the law doesn’t fulfill the i …"

"… nt to, now that their names could be attached to our group — a pro-life, conservative branch of the Republican Party.”Will the law survive?This law will survi …"

FACT CHECK: Crossroads ad targets Dems for budget woes

By FactCheck.Org

Conservative group's hefty ad buy mixes opinion with a few misleading claims

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"… they say they're aiming for $120 million for 2012.– By Lori Robertson …"

FACT CHECK: False and misleading claims have plagued the debt debate

By FactCheck.Org

FACT CHECK: Distortions and misrepresentations as the debt debate rages on

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"… 2.4 trillion blank check to get himself through the election in 2012." The conservative group Crossroads GPS also has made "no more blank checks" the theme of a m …"

Wealthy corporations with a trillion dollars stashed offshore lobby for a 'holiday' from U.S. taxes

By John Aloysius Farrell and Aaron Mehta

Wealthy corporations are lobbying for a tax holiday for a trillion dollars stashed offshore

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"… to tell exactly how much was spent on what issue. If these groups spent a conservative estimate of 10 percent of their money on this issue, that would still be o …"

"… for a new tax holiday have been greeted with skepticism, as well, by some conservative economists who otherwise deplore high taxes. The Heritage Foundation, in a …"

"… sparked a retort from Grover Norquist at Americans for Tax Reform, another conservative group, who praised the stock buybacks and higher dividends that followed t …"

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