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Everything's bigger in Texas, including campaign contributions
Submitted by Adam Smith on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 3:45pm.

Texans for Public Justice has released a new report highlighting the connections between the donors to Supreme Court candidates and the business these donors have before the court.


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Writing about Wall Street
Submitted by Adam Smith on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 8:49am.

We've had our go at the Wall Street crisis and the role of campaign contributions in leading to it , now the Center for Responsive Politics wants to hear from you. They've a partnered with Helium on a writing contest about the Wall Street crisis and if your story is selected, you could win $100 for your work. 


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The prosecution rests
Submitted by Adam Smith on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 9:15am.
After 12 days of listening to recorded wire taps, reading emails, and arguments alleging Stevens received illegal gifts from VECO, the prosecution arguing corruption charges against Sen. Ted Stevens has rested and the trial now goes to the defense.
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A bit of a stretch
Submitted by Adam Smith on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 5:09pm.
Last week, Bob Schaffer, candidate for Senate in Colorado, claimed he shut down a sweatshop in the Mariana Islands. The problem, of course, is he doesn't have much evidence to back up this claim.
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New Ad in Colorado and Back up in Alaska
Submitted by Adam Smith on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 8:14am.
Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch has a new ad in Colorado and is back on the air in Alaska.
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Rewriting History
Submitted by Adam Smith on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 3:21pm.
Trying to leave behind his involvement in the Keating Five scandal, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his advisers today declared the whole thing was a "political smear job," and it didn't really go down how anybody says it did. Well, as the Google tells us, there is someone that disagrees with Sen. McCain. That would be Sen. McCain.
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