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Braun failed to file documentation on how campaign spent $315K

September 30, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times

BY CAROL MARIN AND DON MOSELEY The Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5

The unsuccessful 2011 mayoral campaign of Carol Moseley Braun has failed to file documentation on how $315,000 in campaign funds was spent, something that is required by state law.

Illinois Board of Elections officials told the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5 News they have been unsuccessful in getting either Braun or her now-defunct campaign to explain how the money was spent.

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Moseley Braun Hasn't Accounted for Campaign Cash

September 29, 2011
NBC 5 Chicago

BY Carol Marin , Don Moseley                                                                                                                   &nbs

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Ethics Watchdog Seeks Dismissal of Indictment Against John Edwards

September 21, 2011
Fox News

A government watchdog group known for aggressively advocating prosecution against unethical lawmakers is seeking dismissal of a criminal case against former presidential candidate John Edwards.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, requested Wednesday to file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of dismissing an indictment against Edwards for alleged violations of campaign finance law.

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Candidate for Cook County office vows to clear up $17,500 in overdue fines

September 13, 2011
WBEZ

Chicago Ald. Rick Munoz has criticized his opponent for campaign finance issues.

By Sam Hudzik
WBEZ

A politician running for a Cook County office on a message of reform owes more than $17,000 dollars to Illinois' election board. Ald. Rick Munoz is promising to clear up the overdue fines.

Munoz is listed as chairman of a couple campaign funds, including one called the 22nd Ward Independent Political Organization.

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Political groups owe Illinois $700k in overdue fines, with little reason to pay

September 13, 2011
WBEZ

By Sam Hudzik | Sep. 13, 2011
WBEZ

Ald. Ricardo Munoz of Chicago's 22nd Ward controls a political committee that owes $17,500 in overdue fines.

Political groups owe the state of Illinois hundreds of thousands of dollars in overdue fines. All campaign committees must make public who gave them money, and how they spent it. That's the law. And if they file these reports late, they can be fined. But a lot of times those fines just sit there unpaid.

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Feinstein: 'Wiped out' by scandal

September 12, 2011
Politico

By JOHN BRESNAHAN & JONATHAN ALLEN

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she was “wiped out” by Kinde Durkee, a well-connected California Democratic political operative who served as treasurer for hundreds of state, local and federal campaign committees.

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Vincent Gray campaign accepted cash donations above legal limit, review shows

July 18, 2011
Washington Post

By Nikita Stewart

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s campaign accepted cash contributions above the city’s legal limit and in some cases recorded donations from people who say they didn’t contribute to his mayoral bid, according to a Washington Post review of District records and interviews.

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Republicans 2012 presidential candidates refuse to disclose major fund-raisers. They should.

July 20, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times

 By Lynn Sweet

President Obama discloses his best fund-raisers. The leading Republican 2012 presidential contenders refuse to reveal the names of their major fund-raisers, even though the last two GOP White House nominees--John McCain in 2008 and George Bush in 2004--released the names of their "bundlers."

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Judge upholds new Iowa campaign disclosure rules

July 1, 2011
Associated Press

By Ryan J. Foley

A federal judge has upheld key parts of a new Iowa law requiring corporations and unions to disclose spending for or against political candidates, saying the rules increase transparency while protecting the right to free speech.

U.S. District Chief Judge Robert Pratt in Des Moines issued a written decision Wednesday rejecting arguments by Iowa Right to Life, which claimed the disclosure requirements were overly burdensome and chilled its ability to support candidates who share its opposition to abortion.

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FEC Asks Crossroads to Reveal Donors

June 16, 2011
National Journal

 By Alex Roarty

The FEC this week sent a letter demanding Crossroads GPS, the Karl Rove-backed nonprofit that pumped millions of dollars in anonymous donations into last year's Congressional campaigns, disclose its contributors. The request appears unlikely to be honored but it could signal an effort to tighten regulations on controversial third-party groups.

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