During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

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"… n a thing,” Loss said, but added, “Mitch Daniels can’t walk into the presidential race and not expect questions about this issue.”Lilly wasn’t the only drug …"

Potential 2012 GOP slow to enlist big-dollar lobbyist bundlers for federal accounts

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

One strong sign of a politician’s interest in the presidential race is always the amount of early money raised. New rules for identifying lo

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"… some catching up to do. …"

"… ssman Herman Cain — has formed an exploratory committee for the 2012 GOP presidential race. But many more operated federal leadership political action committees dur …"

Harold Simmons

By Peter H. Stone

In conservative and GOP money circles, Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons is almost a household name. ...

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"… n Issues Project, which ran some of the most negative ads of that year’s presidential race, attempting to draw links between Barack Obama and ex-radical activist Bil …"

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The buying of Joe Biden?

By Josh Israel

Following Barack Obama’s announcement of his running mate Saturday, the blogosphere and traditional media have been atwitter with the questi

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"… tion of the contributions to his 2008 run for president. Speaking of the presidential race, compared to the campaign cash already raked by McCain ($174 million so fa …"

Bush, Gore recount forces can raise unlimited cash without disclosure to public

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, November 16, 2000 — As the Republican and Democratic parties have frantically sought private money since Election Day to fund th

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"… noting that the FEC has never before had to handle recount committees in a presidential race. “If they set them up apart from, and not controlled by, their campaigns …"

"… in terms of disclosure, particularly given the atmosphere in this year’s presidential race, when campaign finance reform became an agenda item.“If the law doesn’ …"

Elizabeth Dole, Inc.: How she can focus on her lucrative public speaking

By Monte Paulsen

October 20, 1999 — Following the blueprint of her husband and fellow presidential hopeful, Bob Dole, the one-time president of the American

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"… ohn Paul II. IMG worked with husband Bob’s image after he lost the presidential race in 1996. The loser at the polls became a big winner on the air. He filmed …"

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FBI tracked alleged Russian mob ties of Giuliani campaign supporter

By Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1999 — The Center for Public Integrity is investigating how billions of dollars of allegedly corrupted money from t

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"… and Ludmila gave the Bob Dole campaign a modest $250 for his unsuccessful presidential race in 1996.Josh Isay, Schumer’s chief of staff, acknowledged knowing that K …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… s and women. Dunn also is a member of the elite Pioneer fund-raising group.Ralph Reed is a political adviser. The former executive director of the Christian Coa …"

Candidates' positions on Rwanda genocide: Should U.S. intervene?

Steve Bradshaw and Mike Robinson won the 1999 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Aw

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"… vention in Rwanda-like situations has become an issue in the United States presidential race. In March 1998, President Clinton acknowledged in a visit to Rwanda that …"

Commentary: The broken campaign finance system: An American political tradition

By Bill Buzenberg

When Mark Hanna stepped in as a fundraiser for William McKinley’s 1896 reelection campaign, he took the unprecedented, if notorious, approac

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"… ed it legal for first graders to knowingly and voluntarily contribute to a presidential race. Companies and unions are also known to find ways to have their employees …"

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