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Bush wins battle for legal funds
The Democrat reports that George W. Bush "nearly doubled Al Gore's money-raising during the first three weeks of Gore's legal challenge of Florida's election." Bush also raised more money than Gore in Florida, despite the state's razor-thin margin among voters. "Not only did Bush get more money, his contributions seemed to reflect a broader appeal. Almost 22,000 contributors donated an average of $216, compared with Gore's 1,258 contributors who donated an average of $1,265." Federal law does not require recount committees to report contributions, but both campaigns posted their reports on their Web sites.
Tags: 2000 presidential election; 2000 election; Florida recount; Gore; George W. Bush; post-election campaign contributions
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NO Place Else To Go
A Times-Dispatch series examines "problems low-income people have in renting decent housing" in Richmond, Virginia, as well as "problems building and safety officials have with forcing landlords to comply with regulations." The investigation reveals that "some ...landlords milk their tenants, who are forced to live in vermin-infested apartments or padlocked room where heat is a dream." The stories detail the contradictions of government inspectors "with one approving an apartment only to have another fail." The investigation also shows how tenants are trapped to suffer in silence: "If they complain, inspectors could evict them, and if evicted, they have no place else to go."
Tags: FOIA; HUD standards; poverty; landlords; tenants; fines; property maintenance; city government; housing vouchers; tax credits; federal loans
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Probing Campaign 2000
This series of articles examines the records of the principal candidates for president this election year. "The stories included a report on evidence that Vice President Al Gore was less than truthful on several issues, and found evidence that his own aides warned him in 1988 about his inclination to embellish details about his accomplishments. ... Another report disclosed that Sen. McCain, while campaigning against special interests, had recently pressured the FCC on behalf of a major contributor, whose corporate jet he was using for campaign travel."
Tags: campaign; election 2000; Al Gore; John McCain; George W. Bush
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Adventures In Buddhism
The New Yorker details the scandal known as the "China Connection" and explores the financial relationship between the Gore Campaign, Maria Hsia and the Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple.
Tags: Al Gore; Maria Hsia; campaign finance; Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple; China; Taiwan; Federal Election Commission
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This American is Hungry...
George magazine discovers that the booming economy has hurt America's invisible poor. In a road trip into the backyards of George W Bush and Al Gore, Maharidge found working people as desperate as the homeless. He found hunger in country houses that has a deceptive middle-class look, single mothers waiting in line for free food despite holding multiple jobs and a border town in Texas with unpaved roads and homes without running water.
Tags: food; hunger; hungry children; working poor
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Why Drugs Cost so Much?
Newsweek takes a look at why prescription drugs cost more and more each year. The expensive and constant innovation in existing drugs, new treatments and the fact that Americans are using more drugs for more conditions are pushing up the prices. The article also covers the plan proposed by both Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush.
Tags: prescription drugs; Medicare; Medicaid; HMO; drugs; medicines; drugmakers
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Silicon Valley goes to Washington
This story dissects campaign contributions from technology companies, and shows how these companies -- longtime Clinton-Gore supporters -- are now shifting their contributions to Republicans. Bailey also reports on Microsoft's, and other Silicon Valley executives', contributions over the years.
Tags: campaign finance; technology; silicon valley; political action committee; soft money; George W. Bush; Al Gore
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By Their Quirks Ye Shall Know Them
This Time columnist writes about the distinguishing characteristics of Bill Bradley, George W. Bush, John McCain and Al Gore. The author maintains, "Voters have learned the hard way that character matters, that you need to know who someone is much more than you need to know what his tax pla entails."
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Investigation, Audit Reveals Past Mismanagement by Gore's Campaign Manager
This three-story report examines Al Gore's 2000 campaign chairman Tony Coelho when he was Commissioner General for the U.S. Pavilion at the 1998 World Exposition in Lisbon, Portugal. This report investigates Coelho's abuse of power when he held this position, including how he used taxpayer money for his personal use.
Tags: political patronage malfeasance misappropriation of funds perks whistleblower cronyism nepotism
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Vice President's Quarters Draw Fund-Raisers' Bucks
"This story details how political friends and patrons of Vice President (Al) Gore gave money and gifts to the Vice President's Residence Foundation, a non-profit fund started in 1989 to fund renovations and improvements to the Vice Presidential mansion." Includes backgrounds about some of the "most generous contributors."
Tags: not-for-profit IRS 990s U.S. Naval Observatory influence Democratic party presidential race