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February 2, 2010
Political advert rule offers chamber a break
...court decision buying campaign adverts, according to the Federal Election Commission, including $1m in support of Republican Scott Brown...OPT CUT: The Chamber does not always win. In the 2008 election cycle it spent $1.8m in ads against Al Franken, the... By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
February 3, 2010
Political advert rule offers chamber a break
...The chamber spent $17.4m since that high court decision buying campaign adverts, according to the Federal Election Commission, including $1m in support of Republican Scott Brown, the newly elected Massachusetts senator who campaigned... By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
January 24, 2010
Democrats look to curb ruling on political funds
...AIG, the insurer, which received federal bail-out funds, corporations that...government contracts and those that employ federal lobbyists.Barack Obama, president, promised...foreign companies that regulators at the Federal Election Commission would likely weigh in on the matter... By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
March 6, 2009
Medvedev orders election probe
...briefing on the regional elections from Vladimir Churov, the head of the federal election commission, and telling him: “If there are some signals about [election] violations, one should unconditionally look into them, and make it clear... By Charles Clover in Moscow
September 10, 2009
Supreme Court on case over campaign spending
...has the potential to be a blockbuster ruling," said Michael Toner, a lawyer and former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, which is a party to the case. "Over the last few years there has been a chipping away at campaign financing... By Anna Fifield in Washington
September 9, 2009
Supreme Court considers campaign financing
...has the potential to be a blockbuster ruling,” said Michael Toner, a lawyer and former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, which is a party to the case. “Over the last few years there has been a chipping away at campaign financing... By Anna Fifield in Washington
July 8, 2007
American business needs an election cash code
...hard money” contributions at the federal level in the last election. Prosecutors are not cutting companies...provider, was fined a record $3.8m by the Federal Election Commission to settle charges that it illegally used... By Bruce Freed and Bennett Freeman
February 22, 2008
Republican's finances under microscope
John McCain is facing scrutiny from the US federal election regulator over whether he used public funds...helped revive his presidential campaign. The Federal Election Commission has demanded assur-ances from the Arizona... By Andrew Ward in Washington
February 21, 2008
McCain’s finances under microscope
John McCain is facing scrutiny from the US federal election regulator over whether he used public funds...helped revive his presidential campaign. The Federal Election Commission has demanded assurances from the Arizona senator... By Andrew Ward in Washington
April 22, 2008
Cash becomes Clinton's Achilles heel
...campaign on the road, according to election analysts and a breakdown of her own filings to the Federal Election Commission. Mrs Clinton, who had just $8...limit they are permitted under election finance rules. In contrast, Mr... By Edward Luce in Washington and Andrew Ward in Scranton,,Pennsylvania