Haley Barbour’s money juggernaut for 2012

By Peter H. Stone

The Mississippi governor, a legendary fundraiser, is calling in chits with friends and allies to raise money for a possible GOP presidential

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"… bbyist Scott Reed, who ran Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign and was executive director of the RNC under Barbour; former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie; Don Fierce and …"

"… aign and a net negative with the public,” predicted Sheila Krumholz, the executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.When Barbour became gove …"

High-capacity magazine sellers raise millions for NRA

By Peter H. Stone

A Center review uncovers symbiotic ties between high-capacity magazine gun sellers and the NRA, including fund-raising tactics to underwrite

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"… a trade association for the firearms industry,” said Josh Sugarmann, the executive director of the Violence Policy Center, a gun control advocacy group that backs the …"

Hedge funds bet heavily on Republicans at end of election

By Peter H. Stone and Michael Isikoff

A small network of hedge fund executives pumped at least $10 million into Republican campaign committees and allied groups in last year’s el

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"… rett’s campaign.“This is particularly appalling,” said Ellen Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit group that promotes transparency i …"

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The Republican governors’ San Diego schmooze

By Peter H. Stone

After spending $102 million to help its party pick up six new gubernatorial seats, the Republican Governors Association finds that its annua

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"… sachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Also in attendance: Phil Musser, a former executive director of the RGA who heads the consulting firm New Frontier Strategy and is a ke …"

Americans for Job Security — how a shadow group hustles for funds

By Peter H. Stone

Long-time GOP operative David Carney is hardly a household name like Karl Rove. But among Republican strategists and fundraisers in Washingt

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"… up business, sources say.DeMaura, 25, the current president, was formerly executive director of the New Hampshire GOP. Americans for Job Security leases office space i …"

Independent GOP fundraising picks up steam

By Peter H. Stone

Another big name GOP veteran in Washington, lobbyist and operative Scott Reed, is jumping into the crowded field of independent groups raisi

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"… s Nevada, Ohio and Washington in support of GOP Senate candidates.A former executive director at the Republican National Committee in the 1994 when the GOP regained con …"

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Public housing, private frustration

By Brian Ross, Avni Patel, John Solomon and Laurel Adams

HUD-funded housing projects wasted money on belly dancers, sex offenders and dead residents....

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"… uncovered allegations that the then-Philadelphia Housing Authority’s executive director had spent lavishly on parties that included belly dancers, and had used mo …"

"… fall, after a series of newspaper exposes, the Philadelphia agency’s executive director was forced out of his $300,000 a year job running the country’s four …"

Audit says legal aid boss charged taxpayers for club, car

By John Solomon and Laurel Adams

The head of a Louisiana legal aid group funded by the federal government routinely dined at a private club and drove a leased vehicle for pe

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"… 2009.Many of the questioned expenditures involved the legal aid group’s executive director, James A. Wayne, Sr., who routinely submitted meals for reimbursement as …"

Watchdog demands DOJ release records on DeLay investigation

By Laurel Adams

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics is suing the Department of Justice for refusing to release records on the federal investigation of fo

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"… cuted. The American people deserve to know why,” said Melanie Sloan, the executive director of CREW.DOJ said releasing the records could interfere with open law enfor …"

Investigative Reporting Workshop launches BankTracker

By Josh Israel

Want to know what kind of financial shape your local bank is in? The answer may well be in BankTracker, a project that has just been launche

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"… recipients of federal TARP money. Look up your state here.The Workshop’s executive director, Charles Lewis, founded the Center for Public Integrity in 1989. In partne …"

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