Tag: Center For Responsive Politics
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Rick Scott, the nation’s richest senator, gets millions of dollars richer
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s Rick Scott, the nation’s wealthiest senator, just got between $15 million and $75 million richer, according to a financial disclosure report filed with the U.S. Senate last week. -
‘The scandal is what is legal’: How the very rich spend as much as they want to control our politicians
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his 1926 short story The Rich Boy, famously wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today’s very rich Republicans and Democrats exploit their difference to spend as much as they want to control the nation’s politicians. -
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Federal regulators ask Marco Rubio’s campaign to explain illegal contributions, again
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
As U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio prepares for a possible 2016 presidential run, federal elections regulators want him to explain why he accepted illegal campaign contributions from 14 donors in his year-end Jan. 30 campaign finance report. -
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Curbelo’s campaign blames glitch for missing $50,000 in PAC contributions
By Frank Alvarado
BrowardBulldog.org
Miami Republican Carlos Curbelo’s congressional campaign was forced to resubmit its most recent quarterly finance report after failing to disclose $50,000 in contributions from 21 political action committees. This story was updated Saturday afternoon to account for numerous errors contained in Curbelo campaign reports. -
Despite death toll, motorcycle groups strive to muzzle U.S. regulators
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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