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Washington -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid down the law this year: To prevent the appearance of Congress doing unethical favors for big campaign contributors, she told Democrats they could no longer steer federal money directly to corporations. The only "earmarks" members could seek in spending bills would be for nonprofits... But not everyone is obeying Pelosi’s tough talk... U.S. Reps. Dan Maffei and Michael Arcuri have found a way to work around the new orders: Simply pass the federal money to not-for-profit organizations and let them forward it to corporations.... Maffei and Arcuri accepted campaign contributions from the same...

In a move that's not likely to improve the angry relations between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Republican Party, Crist's U.S. Senate campaign announced it won't refund contributions given to the campaign before he became a no-party candidate. "People donated to a good cause, and we intend to spend their money on it," campaign spokeswoman Michelle Todd said.

While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer for the millions in campaign contributions they’ve taken from the oil and gas giant over the years.

The Associated Press lead the charge against George W. Bush's $152,000.00 campaign contributions from Enron on an almost daily rant about the immoral and possibly illegal nature of receipt of those monies. Well, "Bush's Enron Problem" as the acolytes in the main stream press named their series of stories can't hold a candle to "Obama and H. Clinton's Goldman Problems". Obama has received(at least)$1,007,000.00 from Goldman, Sachs and Clinton, $415,600.00, way more than Bush ever received. So, where is the Headline: "OBAMA'S GOLDMAN PROBLEM". The era of Journalistic Malpractice has been and is still here. Although there are no Constitutional...

Top Contributors to Barack Obama (D) Goldman Sachs $994,795

Financially, how do you get money to TEA Party organizations? I get tons of emails soliciting donations and want to give money (ok, after tax season I want to give money, right now I just want to weep), but I have no way of knowing if they are legitimate. Does anyone have a list of responsible local, regional, national TEA organizations?

Perdue owes public some explanationsWas no one paying attention when the checks were flowing? Posted: Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 State Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer is right about this much: Gov. Bev Perdue and her political campaigns have some explaining to do about questionable campaign contributions. Among the questions that need to be answered is why no one noticed when the campaigns failed to report, until recently, a number of donated airplane flights - and why no one wondered whether there was anything wrong with sizable contributions from nine people associated with Wilmington businessman Rusty Carter. It's not enough to...

...The part of this tawdry story that has not gotten enough attention involves still another woman named Bunny. I don’t think that John Edwards slept with her, but considering how much money she gave him(directly and indirectly) he probably would have. This Bunny is 99 year old Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon, the widow of Paul Mellon...

Is Meg Whitman too green for the conservative core of the Republican Party? Wednesday the San Jose Mercury News released the news that eMeg has offered $200,000 to the Environmental Defense Fund from her charitable foundation, $100,000 more than what was first thought. Then there is Steve Poizner’s Charitable Foundation accounting numbers. While all of the attention is on Meg’s gifts to environmental causes, nobody has asked the obvious question: “Why does Steve Poizner’s charitable foundation only have $7,000 as its balance?” How can a millionaire have such a small amount of cash in his (and his wife’s) charitable foundation?...

WASHINGTON – The embattled community activist group ACORN appears to be collecting charitable contributions through affiliate organizations that it then uses for impermissible lobbying and political activity, says the Republican staff of the Senate Finance Committee. The assessment, in a memo to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, further fuels the controversy surrounding ACORN, formally known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The GOP staff memo says ACORN-affiliated charities are being used to raise money which is then funneled to other charities or other organizations for purposes other than what a donor may have intended. In response, ACORN chief...

www.JoeWilsonForCongress.com

The American public will have to decided for themselves who is telling the truth---President Obama or the spokesman for the AARP.

Boxer raised nearly one-and-a-half million dollars during the second quarter. In a press release, she called the support “gratifying.” The Democratic senator is seeking a fourth six-year term. A spokeswoman says Boxer’s conducted prodigious and early fundraising in preparation for a possible challenge from former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. The 54-year-old Republican says she’s “seriously considering” entering the race. She has little political experience beyond her work as an economic advisor to Senator John McCain during last year’s presidential campaign. But Fiorina has extraordinary wealth that could make her a strong candidate. A recent Field Poll predicted that Boxer...

Dear Friends, I am starting up a Political Action Committee for the 2010 Congressional Elections (though I also may support/oppose state and local candidates as well)! I have Contacted the FEC (as well as..) the IRS. I have a big packet of information from the FEC in which I am currently reading (and though it is interesting-to me..)..(ok so I am a 'nerd'..a political 'junkie' to be specific..). I am humbly asking for your advice if anyone has ever attempted this and is connected to this webite or just a general fellow citizen)? What were some 'pitfalls', 'successes', 'tips', etc.....

In his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, President Barack Obama claimed: “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam — at places like Al-Azhar University — that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing.” Obama is not much of a “student of history” if he believes this. Almost every advance he attributes to the Muslims was...

WND reviewed the list of Chrysler's 789 closing franchises and databases of political donors and found that of dealership owners making contributions in the recent election, less than 10 percent gifted to Democrats while 90 percent gave substantial sums to Republican candidates. The following dealers are scheduled to lose their Chrysler franchise designation. Based on available records and databases, each of them contributed to political campaigns during the 2008 election. Many of the dealers who donated to Republican campaigns last year also contributed additional thousands to George W. Bush's presidential 2004 campaign and to campaigns to elect GOP representatives. Those...

The guy is about as popular as a pedophile in a day-care center.

Any of these guys represent you? Time for a phone call to tell them to write a check to the American Taxpayers.

The ultimate stakes could not be higher in a Supreme Court case argued today Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., which will be argued before the Supreme Court today, is one of the most important cases this term. Unfortunately, much of the press coverage of this dispute is superficial and misleading -- and as a result, the public is unaware of the momentous First Amendment issues at stake. The case has its roots in a complicated tale of political and corporate intrigue between two coal companies, leading eventually to a jury verdict of $50 million in favor of Hugh Caperton,...

From: Dorothy Rodham [mailto:info@hillaryclinton.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 7:39 PM To: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: One last request Dear Xxxx, I've been so proud watching my daughter over the past few days as she begins a new step in a life so full of accomplishment. And I know she'll continue to do great things for our country. Now I have to ask you -- for the very last time -- to give her your help. This is our last chance to help Hillary pay down the debt from her history-making campaign. I know how much it would mean to her to...