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DISCLOSE Act Fails in Senate Vote

By | 09.23.10 | 6:38 am

Update: Today, the Senate voted on the DISCLOSE Act — which would have required organizations involved in political campaigning to disclose the identity of large donors and would have barred foreign corporations, large government contractors, and TARP recipients from making political expenditures.

[Congress1] Public interest groups and Democratic Senate staffs More…

McCain’s Bush Problem, Laid Bare

By | 09.18.08 | 6:06 pm

Much has been written about McCain’s inability, or unwillingness, to even mention the name of President George W. Bush. Huffington Post’s Sam Stein has a nice score, which lays this problem bare. Stein got his hands on an early draft of a McCain campaign statement on the More…