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Ads quick to criticize after VP debate
Last night’s debate between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan has already produced at least two ads from outside spenders criticizing both the style and...
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Web video implies Biden 'on something' in debate
Americans for Limited Government, a well-funded, shadowy nonprofit that has released a series of videos attacking the administration of President Barack Obama, released a new one that implies Vice...
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Super PAC quarterly report sheds light on donors
A new batch of super PAC donor information arrived at the Federal Election Commission Monday, and among the top contributors was the nonprofit Americans for Limited Government, profiled by the Daily...
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The "spring break" president?
“It’s time to put the adults back in charge,” says the narrator of a new attack ad from a conservative political action committee. “Sometimes Barack Obama seems to confuse being president with being...
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Koch-funded groups attack Obama for 'war on coal'
Secretive nonprofits affiliated with oil and coal companies, including Koch Industries, are hitting President Barack Obama hard for what they call his “war on coal.” Yesterday, for example, the...
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Mystery group spends $1 million opposing Obama
Less than three weeks before Election Day, a new mystery group dropped nearly $1 million on an anti-Obama expenditure, according to records. Citizen Awareness Project appears to be a nonprofit...
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Pro-Obama super PAC outpaces GOP counterpart
Restore Our Future, a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney’s candidacy, doubled its fundraising total in September. It took in $14.8 million, but was still outraised by the pro-President Barack Obama...
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Dictators for Obama?
President Barack Obama has the dictator vote, at least according to a super PAC run by evangelical leader Gary Bauer. Hours before Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney began a debate on foreign policy,...
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Mitt Romney 'genuinely cares'
Mitt Romney hasn't talked much about his charitable work in public, and with outside spending focused on attack ads, even Republicans have been concerned that the GOP presidential nominee appears too...
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Adelson spends big on Virginia U.S. Senate race
Big outside money is pouring into the race for U.S. Senate in Virginia, and for one super PAC, “outside” means from across the country. Independence Virginia, a super PAC supporting former U.S....
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Chevron gives $2.5 million to conservative super PAC
The dearth of large contributions being made by big corporations to super PACs so far this election has ended. Chevron Corp., ranked No. 3 on the Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. companies, made a...
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Chevron-powered super PAC helps Ohio Congressman
After Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, cancelled more than $800,000 in network television advertising last week, the conservative Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC stepped in to fill the void. Renacci,...
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Tennessee congressman targeted in ads over alleged affair
Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee was hit for the second time in as many weeks over an alleged affair he had with a patient, whom he reportedly pressured to have an abortion. The second ad...
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Super PACs aim to spook voters with Halloween ads
Outside spenders are getting in the holiday spirit with Halloween-themed ads designed to scare voters away from the targeted candidates. A foggy cemetery, a haunted house and shadowy figures loom in...
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Bloomberg’s super PAC backs candidates in both parties
A super PAC founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reported spending $4.9 million on both Republicans and Democrats in Florida, Illinois and California, according to Federal Election...
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Conservative outside ads spin Obama’s Sandy response
With President Barack Obama earning high marks on his response to Hurricane Sandy, conservative outside spending groups and Republicans are seeking to contrast it with charges that he dropped the ball...
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Obama slammed by attack ads in final weekend of campaign
In the final weekend before Election Day, President Barack Obama was hit with more than $37 million in attack ads; Romney faced less than $1 million in attacks, according to reports filed with the...
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Last-minute outside spending favors Romney
In the day before the election, more than $3.5 million was spent supporting GOP nominee Mitt Romney or opposing President Barack Obama, while $34,000 was spent in support of the president, according...
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Bad day for billionaires
Editor's Note: Today marks the final installment of the Daily Disclosure. To keep up with post-election, money-in-politics news, please visit Consider the Source. Money can't buy happiness, nor can it...
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2012: Reviewing the year of the super PAC
Before the fiscal cliff became the big story in Washington, there was the big 2012 election and the birth of the super PAC. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer covered the election for us, and joins...
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