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RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel appeared on CBS' "Face the Nation "on Sunday and called out the Presidential Debate Commission for their election interference.  "I think voters are very frustrated by the corrupt debate commission, that they would cancel a second debate," McDaniel told host Margaret Brennan. "I think it feeds in to the belief that this 47 years that Joe Biden has had in DC is again protecting him from facing the voters. And Americans are frustrated that this election commission interfered with our ability to see these two candidates debate."Brennan then repeated Democratic talking points, noting the existence of...

HAS YOUR CHURCH LOST IT'S DIVINE PURPOSE? by MNA PRESS By Debbie O'Hara In my recent article "Church Growth Movement - Revival or Apostasy" I talked about an ungodly movement that is sweeping our churches like wildfire. This is no fringe movement. I have heard that upwards of 250,000 pastors have been trained in these growth programs so far. Your church has probably already had to answer to this movement by either jumping onto the bandwagon, deciding they couldn't afford to jump on (there is BIG money in this) or deciding that it would remain true to God's Word. In...

Today, the Public Disclosure Commission issued the following press release: June 10, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lori Anderson (360) 664-2737 Toll free 1-877-601-2828 WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS AGREE TO RECORD FINE FOR CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS Olympia – The Public Disclosure Commission yesterday accepted two stipulated agreements from the Washington State Democrat Party who agreed to pay $187,500 in civil penalties for campaign finance violations. The WSDCC agreed to pay $85,000 for failure to timely disclose the source of $394,544 worth of contributions and for failure to disclose $704,815 in debts and obligations during the 2004 election. In a separate agreement, a...

OLYMPIA—A House amendment to Senate Bill 5034 (which passed the Senate last month) would open a huge loophole in Washington’s campaign finance law by eliminating the requirement that the affiliates of corporations and labor unions share a single campaign contribution limit. Under the current law (RCW 42.17.660), there is a single contribution limit imposed on the affiliates of corporations and labor unions to ensure that large organizations do not dilute the influence of private citizens in state elections. Last year’s Supreme Court decision Edelman v. State of Washington overturned a Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) rule that excused subsidiaries of an...