Read more campaign contributions stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11282/campaign-contributions.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54563/will-the-real-chris-dodd-please-stand-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Dodd is a man of contradictions, writes David Whitford for Fortune. The Democratic senator portrays himself as a populist; he’s passed consumer-protection and family-issues laws, and he staunchly opposed the bankruptcy bill. But he’s also received loads of cash from financial companies, including AIG, and played a crucial role...http://www.newser.com/story/54563/will-the-real-chris-dodd-please-stand-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 12:38:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51262/obama-gives-stanford-money-to-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has donated the $4,600 in campaign contributions he received from R. Allen Stanford to charity, the LA Times reports. Obama is one of many politicians the alleged fraudster courted; another was John McCain, who promised yesterday that he too would return or donate the funds. Stanford was...http://www.newser.com/story/51262/obama-gives-stanford-money-to-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Feb 2009 12:06:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48860/google-will-have-the-presidents-ear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle may be the company that needs to do the least searching for influence with the new president, reports the Los Angeles Times . The company was one of the biggest contributors to Barack Obama's candidacy, and four Google execs were on the transition team. The search giant's agenda—widening high-speed...http://www.newser.com/story/48860/google-will-have-the-presidents-ear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Jan 2009 5:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41519/obama-will-give-aunt-her-money-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s campaign will return donations made by his aunt, who was outed yesterday as an illegal resident in the US, the Washington Post reports. Zeituni Onyango, the half-sister of the candidate’s late father, lives in a Boston public housing unit and gave $265 to her nephew’s campaign. Rules bar...http://www.newser.com/story/41519/obama-will-give-aunt-her-money-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Nov 2008 15:03:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39388/get-the-most-bang-for-your-activist-buck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere are a scant 27 days left to dedicate your blood, sweat, and tears to your candidate of choice. But some activists' moves are better than others. Christopher Beam runs down the best way to put your limited resources to good use in Slate: Got time to kill? Knock on...http://www.newser.com/story/39388/get-the-most-bang-for-your-activist-buck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Oct 2008 20:44:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38506/goldman-sachs-is-dcs-top-sugar-daddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoldman Sachs has given Washington plenty of reasons to help it out—43 million reasons, to be precise. Goldman bankers have been the nation’s biggest campaign contributors this year, and have poured more than $43 million into lobbying and campaign war chests since 1989, ABC News reports. “They are almost...http://www.newser.com/story/38506/goldman-sachs-is-dcs-top-sugar-daddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Sep 2008 14:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37490/the-long-island-rabbi-who-toppled-olmert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMorris Talansky counted Ehud Olmet as a true friend, and he says his devotion was returned. The nature of the longstanding relationship between the Long Island rabbi and the Israeli prime minister varies according to who’s describing it, Steve Fishman writes in New York . But what everyone agrees on is...http://www.newser.com/story/37490/the-long-island-rabbi-who-toppled-olmert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Sep 2008 17:33:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37413/obama-pulls-in-record-66m-in-august.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama raised more than $66 million in August, besting his past fundraising record and pulling in the best monthly tally in US political history, says an aide. Topping February's $55 million, the take "demonstrates how the increasingly heated, nasty race has energized Obama's fundraising," writes Ben Smith in Politico....http://www.newser.com/story/37413/obama-pulls-in-record-66m-in-august.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Sep 2008 10:04:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36190/lawmakers-get-most-funding-from-outside-districts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCandidates running for Congress are increasingly using affluent ZIP codes outside their own districts as "political ATM machines" to fund their campaigns, a new study finds. In the majority of House races in 2004, almost three-quarters of contributions came from donors outside a lawmaker's district—often from Hollywood, Manhattan's Upper...http://www.newser.com/story/36190/lawmakers-get-most-funding-from-outside-districts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 Aug 2008 8:53:15 CDT