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The Guardian

The President's Dance With the Campaign Finance Devil
New York Times (blog)
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL Given President Obama's terrible record on campaign finance, I was not surprised to read in the Times today that he had decided to join the “super PAC” party. The Republican candidates for their party's nomination have been using ...
If Obama Takes Super PAC Money, He Must Fight Like Hell to Make it Illegal and ...Huffington Post
Obama fundraising powered by small donors, new study showsWashington Post
President Obama, Mitt Romney, Go After the Fat Cats…ThyBlackMan
The Hill (blog) -Windy City Times -BusinessWeek
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CBC.ca

Obama Finds Staying On Campaign-Finance High Road Not So Easy
NPR (blog)
by Frank James It hasn't been a good 12 hours for President Obama when it comes to campaign finances. Within that period, the New York Times reported that the president's campaign was returning more than $200000 in campaign contributions from family ...
Obama to Return Major Donations Tied to FugitiveNew York Times
Obama OKs SuperPAC giving, refunds 2 brothers' donationsChicago Sun-Times
Obama campaign to refund donations tied to fugitive bail-jumper in MexicoDaily Caller
CBC.ca
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USA TODAY (blog)

Campaign finance author: Obama 'dancing with the devil'
USA TODAY (blog)
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY The Democratic co-author of the 2002 campaign finance law that set limits on political fundraising lashed out at President Obama on Tuesday for "dancing with the devil." At issue: the decision by Obama's re-election campaign ...
A reset for campaign financingWashington Post (blog)

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Burns indicted on campaign finance fraud charges
The Republic
AP AUGUSTA, Maine — A Republican state lawmaker has been formally charged with theft, forgery and violating Maine's clean election law in a campaign finance fraud case. The nine-count indictment in York County Superior Court was handed up Wednesday ...

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CBS Local

City of Commerce councilman pleads guilty to conspiracy
Los Angeles Times
Commerce City Councilman Robert Fierro admits trying to influence a federal investigation into his campaign's financial dealings. By Sam Allen, Los Angeles Times A council member in City of Commerce pleaded guilty Monday to a felony conspiracy charge ...
Member of Commerce City Council Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Obstruct ...7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Commerce Councilman Robert Fierro Admits To ConspiracyBell Gardens Sun
Commerce City Councilman Faces Prison After Pleading Guilty To ConspiracyCBS Local
The Republic
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Philadelphia Inquirer

How campaign contributions are spent
Philadelphia Inquirer
And others who might detect campaign-finance misdeeds - the House and Senate Ethics committees - are less likely to act against a colleague, said Craig Holman, government-affairs lobbyist at Public Citizen, another watchdog group.
Group calls for audit of campaign spending by NJ US Rep. for trip with ...The Republic

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Marc Kovac - Statehouse Republicans way ahead in campaign contributions
Defiance Crescent News (subscription)
Election campaigns cost money -- a lot of money. The Ohio Statehouse is no different. Lawmakers regularly play host to fund-raisers to help in their efforts to remain in office or to unseat the opposition. Judging by the campaign finance reports that ...

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Politics in Minnesota

Former DFL finance chair eyes Kubly's seat
Politics in Minnesota
John Schultz, who was state DFL finance chair in 2005 and 2006 and worked on the 2010 campaign of DFL Sen. Ken Kelash has registered to make a run for Kubly's west central Senate District 20. Kubly, who's served in the Legislature since 1997 and in the ...

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2012 Republican National Convention Committee on Arrangements Announces ...
MarketWatch (press release)
8, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Maxwell brings dynamic background in campaign finance to convention team Thomas Maxwell, of Bridgeport, Conn., has been named the director of financial services and administration for the 2012 Republican National ...

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Us Magazine

Designer Gear for Obama Raising a Ruckus
Wall Street Journal
The latest campaign-finance flap is about sacks. At a New York fund-raising event Tuesday called "Runway to Win," President Barack Obama's re-election campaign plans to begin selling campaign-themed tote bags, T-shirts and accessories designed by more ...
Obama 'Runway to Win' 2012: Fashion Line Features Marc Jacobs, Derek Lam [PHOTOS]International Business Times
GOP Cries Foul Over Obama Designer GearNewser
Obama's spring collectionCNN (blog)
The Atlantic -The Drum
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