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HISTORIC: ONE BILLION FOR HOUSE RACES, WATCHDOG PROJECTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/26/10
Combined House and Senate candidate fundraising and spending will near $2 billion Secret donations to outside groups has fueled -- and obscured -- dramatic jump in candidate fundraising and... Read more >

“ELECTION TIME” IS COMING— FROM MUSICIAN-POLITICIAN WYCLEF JEAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/25/10
Hip-Hop Artist and Former Haitian Presidential Candidate Debuts New Track on “They Win. U Lose.” Website NEW YORK—Oct. 25, 2010—Grammy Award–winning musician  ... Read more >

Chamber’s Corporate Donors Unveiled by News Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/21/10
Washington, DC - In response to the New York Times report that the Chamber of Commerce is relying on a small number of large corporate givers to finance its political and lobbying operation, Campaign... Read more >

Koch Meeting Invitees Have Donated $35 Million to Federal Candidates, PACs, and Party Committees

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/21/10
Washington, D.C.--Invitees to the June 2010* Koch Brothers meeting of conservative donors, media, and political figures have contributed at least $35 million to federal candidates, parties, and... Read more >

WATCHDOG GROUP BLASTS DEAN SCONTRAS FOR COMMENTS ON CLEAN ELECTIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/20/10
Washington, D.C.--- Campaign Money Watch, a project of the nonpartisan Public Campaign Action Fund, blasted Maine Congressional candidate Dean Scontras today for his remarks deriding Maine’s... Read more >

Cowardly Donors Should Stand Behind Their Shameful “Don’t Vote” ad

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/19/10
Washington, D.C.—Nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog Campaign Money Watch responded to a new television ad in Nevada urging people not to vote on Election Day. “I thought I had seen every... Read more >

ARE ROVE’S GROUP, CHAMBER, AND OTHER CONSERVATIVE FRONT GROUPS SHIELDING WEALTHY DONORS FROM TENS OF MILLIONS IN TAXES AS WELL AS PUBLIC SCRUTINY?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/18/10
Six political groups asked to inform secret donors of tax liabilities by watchdog Washington, D.C—The nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog Campaign Money Watch sent letters to six conservative... Read more >

As he benefits from secret spending, will Dan Lungren stand up to his own words on disclosure?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/13/10
Washington, D.C.—Campaign Money Watch today urged Rep. Dan Lungren to stand by previous statements on disclosure by demanding American Crossroads divulge the donors funding a new ad the organization... Read more >

New Report Ties Chamber’s Support for Outsourcing Jobs to Controversy Around Their Political Advertising

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/12/10
Analysis connects job loss figures in 22 districts and nine states in which Chamber has spent $10.5 million on attack ads to elect pro-outsourcing candidates Washington, D.C.—A new report by the... Read more >

REPORT: 272,000 JOBS OUTSOURCED IN ILLINOIS RACES TARGETED BY CONTROVERSIAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/12/10
Pro-outsourcing Chamber taking foreign corporate money and running $900,000 in political ads in Illinois to elect politicians who’ll listen to them Washington, D.C.—A new report by the... Read more >