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<p>Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante received $1 million in two contributions for his recall election campaign Thursday, even as he faces a lawsuit alleging the huge campaign checks violate state campaign finance laws.</p> <p>Republican state Sen. Ross Johnson sued in Sacramento County Superior Court alleging that Bustamante's use of an old campaign committee to accept six- and seven-figure donations is a "blatant money laundering scam" to avoid voter- approved contribution limits.</p>

<p>Bill Clinton's socialite pal Denise Rich (search) disguised a $2,000 donation to Hillary Rodham Clinton by coercing her record promoter to make the contribution and later reimbursing him, a new $30 million legal suit charges.</p> <p>The promoter, Jimmy Hester (search), who filed the federal lawsuit in Manhattan yesterday, is now at the center of the FBI's long-running criminal probe into the circumstances surrounding Clinton's last-minute presidential pardoning of Rich's ex-husband, Marc Rich (search), The Post has learned.</p>

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Rep. J. D. Hayworth, a Republican Congressman from Arizona, and seven co-sponsors have submitted a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would lower the amount of money the United States sends to the United Nations by more than $240 million per year. Hayworth's bill, H.R. 2303, would make the contribution by the U.S. to the U.N. equal to the largest contribution from any of the other four permanent, veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council. "Our veto power should cost no more than that of the other permanent members, China, France, Russia, or the...

Moon Griffon (pronouned GRIF FONN) just disclosed on his statewide radio hookup that Louisiana Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster and Secretary of State Fox McKeithen contributed, both elected Republicans, contributed to the 40th birthday celebration for State Senator Cleo Fields, a black Democrat who has run for Congress and governor. The celebration was held in November 2002, at the height of the Landrieu-Terrell U.S. Senate general election, in which Foster had been slow and seemingly hesitant to endorse Republican nominee Terrell. Foster gave $1,250 to the birthday bash of his former gubernatorial rival. McKeithen gave twice as much: $2,500. Griffon...

WASHINGTON -- The Socialist Workers Party, long allowed to keep its donors secret because of the danger of harassment, should continue to receive the special protection, Federal Election Commission lawyers say. The party asked the commission to extend its exemption from FEC reporting requirements that other political parties face, including identifying its contributors, the candidates it supports and the businesses it buys from. The exemption, given for six years at a time, was first granted by a court in 1979 and last renewed by the commission in 1996. The Socialist Workers Party advocates a Marxist revolution to overthrow the U.S....

A notorious Miami computer company executive who became an influential Filipino legislator after fleeing the United States was extradited Thursday to face 4-year-old charges that he made illegal campaign contributions to former President Clinton and the Democratic Party. The indictment accused Jimenez of funneling hundreds of thousands of illegal dollars into the re-election campaign coffers of President Clinton and Democratic Sens. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Torricelli of New Jersey through 23 employee straw donors. Jimenez's fortune helped him gain access to the Clinton White House; he golfed with the president, socialized with the First Lady and even...

<p>GOP candidate for governor Bill Simon admitted Tuesday that "he may or may not" have evidence that Gov. Gray Davis accepted an illegal campaign contribution, backpedaling furiously just a day after leveling the explosive charge against the Democratic incumbent.</p> <p>In yet another curious twist to the election, Simon and the police advocacy group making the accusation produced a photo Tuesday that they said showed Davis receiving a campaign check in his state office, which would be illegal.</p>

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez, wanted by the United States for alleged illegal campaign contributions to former US President Bill Clinton, should be held without bail pending possible extradition. Voting 8-6, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled that a person sought for extradition to another country should be jailed. Click link for full story...

Apparently under the color of 'diversity appreciation', a full blown campaign - paid for by the local United Way - will include public transit posters printed in English and Arabic declaring "We Are Not The Enemy" featuring the faces of a turbaned male, a mid-eastern appearing woman and others. This waste of public contributions to United Way was given attention by Barbara Simpson on her KSFO Radio program, Saturday. Barbara has an extensive news reporting/gathering track record in both the television radio media profession. She is also a columnist for WorldNetDaily. To add insult to injury, it seems the posters...

<p>Gov. Gray Davis picked up a $260,000 contribution during the weekend from a trade union that won a key ruling this month in its fight to keep plastic water pipe from replacing copper pipe in homes.</p> <p>The governor's weekend fund-raising activities -- punctuated by lengthy conference calls with his staff about the state's potential $22 billion budget shortfall -- also included a Monterey County golfing event that netted Davis more than $400,000.</p>