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Rejecting the Vote
The right to vote may have been illegally taken away from thousands of qualified citizens in Harris County, Texas. A Republican politician was found to prevent potential voters from getting on the voting rolls in an attempt to stop Democratic candidates from winning.
Tags: Paul Bettencourt; Vote Registrar; re-election; drivers license; polling; fixed election; voting;
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Takeover: The Return of the Imerial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy
Since the 1970s and 80s a faction of the Republican party has been working to create a system that allows "the White House to wield enormous power, operating behind a veil of secrecy and unchecked by Congress or the courts. Today's administration is bringing this project to fruition."
Tags: politics; government; Watergate; checks and balance; George W. Bush; Dick Cheney; executive power; Republican
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Huckabee, Morris Keep Lines Open
Politico reporter Jonathan Martin revealed that Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee had received private consultation from Bill Clinton’s strategist Dick Morris.
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Huck's gift-givers ended up in state posts
Records from Virginia and Arkansas showed that 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee received 90 gifts from 21 people in Arkansas he appointed to state posts while governor.
Tags: bribe; Federal Election Commission; donation;
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Money Trails to the Federal Branch
At least two dozen of the 249 federal judges appointed in 2001 by George W. Bush have given money to Republicans while the judges were under consideration for a lifetime appointment on the bench. More than $44,000 was given by the 18 district court judges and the six appellate judges.
Tags: American Bar Association; campaign contribution; Deborah Cook; Bob Taft; John R. Adams; Tomas M. Hardiman; John E. Jones; George W. Bush; Republicans
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Congressional Corruption
The Wall Street Journal turns its eyes on the United States Congress, examining "how special-interest spending and out-of-control lobbying fed cronyism and corruption in 2006." The newspaper looked at how "earmarks" were "an invitation to corruption," how "Republicans and Democrats alike steered millions in public funds to their friends and family for personal and political gain." The Journal also looked at the relationships that can influence people as the worlds of lobbyists and lawmakers intertwine.
Tags: Congress; lobbyists; political corruption; political cronyism; earmarks
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The Jobs Game
"This series of articles by the AP showed that, despite his 2002 election on a "reform and renewal" platform in which he pledged to "end business as usual," Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration continued some of the old-style practices of patronage- and might have violated the law in the process."
Tags: patronage; bribe; republican party; rutan; supreme court; department of central management
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Uncovering 'Coingate': From State of Turmoil to State of Change
In the second year of investigations into corruption in the State of Ohio, a Toledo Blade investigation into investment and corruption scandals takes down a former COP county chairman who channeled illegal contributions through more than 20 conduits into the 2004 Bush/Cheney campaign.
Tags: Ohio Bureau of Investigation; kickbacks; Ohio Republican Party; Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation; hedge funds; Coingate; GOP fundraiser Tom Noe; rare coin trading; pay-to-play; contribution laundering
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The McConnell Machine
The Herald-Leader investigates U.S. Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, whose campaign fundraising has reached impressive levels to the tune of $220 million, largely on behalf of fellow Republican senators. As the 2006 mid-term elections approached, McConnell was seen as a likely contender for Senate Majority leader, should the Republicans retain control (they did not, and he is now Senate Minority Leader). Anticipating this news, the Herald-Leader "examined McConnell's 22-year record of aggressive fundraising, cozy ties with top donors and related actions in the Senate." The newspaper found that McConnell benefited from his "influence over a little-known foreign aid committee; his marriage to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, who regulates his corporate donors; and a former McConnell chief of staff turned Washington "gatekeeper lobbyist," whose clients tend to receive appropriations earmarks and helpful legislation from McConnell." McConnell has gained a reputation as an opponent of campaign-finance reform.
Tags: Campaign finance; Mitch McConnell; Elaine Chao; Senate Minority Leader
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Buying Democracy
This article documents how physician-turned-businessman James Leininger ratcheted up his efforts to get the State Legislature to pay private school tuition by spending millions to defeat anti-voucher Republicans, "bankrolling what were often misleading campaigns against incumbents" outside his home legislative district.