Political inaction committees: How political action committees are spending your donations

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Gabriel Debenedetti

Jay Peters is a psychology instructor at a Durham, North Carolina, community college who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to conserv

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"… disclosure of much of its spending.It’s an issue, says Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal Center. “Any of these actions that lessen transpar …"

Second labor union failed to disclose lobbying activities

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

The discovery of a second labor union filing inaccurate lobbying reports underscores a more systematic problem acknowledged by special inter

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"… nces would be better that they would have found these.”Meredith McGehee, policy director at the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center (CLC), agrees that resources are a …"

House considers proposal to eliminate all federal campaign contribution limits

After months of false starts and compromises, the House today was set to begin debating a Democratic bill that would make it clear how much

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"… Americans find potentially corrupting,” the group said.Meredith McGehee, policy director for the Campaign Legal Center, supports the overall legislation but strong …"

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Who bankrolls Congress?

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

California Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh once famously said of moneyed political interests: “If you can't take their money, drink their bo

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"… contributions were not meant to gain access or influence.Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal Center, told the Center for Public Integrity that …"

Regulatory flaws, repeated violations put oil refinery workers at risk

By Jim Morris, Chris Hamby and M.B. Pell

The nation’s refineries are plagued by equipment failures and sometimes-fatal accidents that in many cases could have been prevented.

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"… Division of Occupational Safety and Health and is a former federal OSHA policy director, said the regulatory scheme at both the state and federal levels is flawed …"

Canadian health group demands disclosure on asbestos

By Jim Morris

For the past year, the Canadian Public Health Association has sought details on the financial relationship between Canada’s Ministry of Natu

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"… the just-released ICIJ/BBC investigation, Dangers in the Dust.The CPHA’s policy director, James Chauvin, told ICIJ that the institute was “polite” in its respo …"

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Small investors to get bigger megaphone at SEC

By Jeremy Borden

For the average Main Street investor, the roots of the 2008 financial collapse remain murky. The impact, though, was not: houses foreclosed,

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"… re are a whole slew of financial institutions,” she added.Damon Silvers, policy director at AFL-CIO, a federation of labor unions, said that having a permanent com …"

Obama’s new chief of staff sought to loosen post-Enron corporate reforms

By Michael Hudson

William M. Daley, President Barack Obama's new chief of staff, is a major Wall Street player who sought to loosen corporate reform laws and

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"… them, we’d still be living in tents and eating buffalo.”Damon Silvers, policy director at the AFL-CIO, said JPMorgan lobbied in early 2010 against proposals to l …"

Don Young, representative for Florida?

By Caitlin Ginley

May 1, 2008 Update: The House voted 358-51 yesterday to agree to the Senate's demand for a federal criminal investigation of the $10 million

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"… nuary 2000 through June 2005 period covered by the study.Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal Center, told the Center that these trips provide spe …"

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

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"… he law doesn’t suit our needs, we won’t follow it.” — Jim Dempsey, policy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology.However, in 2003, Center for Pu …"

"… l Qaeda continues.“This has gone on for four years,” says Jim Dempsey, policy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. The administration had decided …"

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