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            <title><![CDATA[Hiding the Identities of Mega-Donors]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nonprofits hide the identities of mega-donors by moving the money from group to group]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pssst ... Wanna Buy a Law?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How the American Legislative Exchange Council turns a bill into many, many, many laws]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:45:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pro-Obama Group Begins Third Anti-Romney Internet Ad Campaign]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cain Denies Reported Sexual Harassment as ‘False’ Allegations]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Largest U.S. Companies Increasingly Disclose Political Spending]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:12:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[DNC Leader Says Romney Is Jell-O, Republicans ‘Interchangeable’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democratic Group Backing House Races Gets $1 Million From Labor]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:17:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cain’s Sales Tax Would Hurt Consumer Spending ’For Some Years’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:01:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Libyan Opposition Fighters Renew Assault on Qaddafi Hometown]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-09-25/yemen-violence-picks-up-as-saleh-returns-new-fighting-breaks-out-in-libya</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:50:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Perry’s Merck Donations Raise Questions About Vaccine Mandate]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:01:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Perry’s Merck Donations More Than Acknowledged During Debate]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:33:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Goes to Hollywood for Two Fundraisers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:56:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Perry Less Likely Than Romney to Beat Obama in 2012, Poll Shows]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Perry’s Texas Friends Find Donations Dovetail With Contracts]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Perry Made More Than a Million on Real Estate While in Office]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Perry Must Find Campaign Funds Beyond Texas Donor Pool]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:07:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pro-Gun Group’s Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-08-11/pro-gun-group-s-call-to-sell-seized-weapons-advances-to-states</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Murray, Baucus, Kerry to Sit on Deficit-Cutting Super Committee]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-08-09/reid-said-to-appoint-three-to-deficit-panel</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Debates Amazon on State Sales-Tax Plan at ALEC]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-08-05/wal-mart-joins-amazon-to-pitch-state-law-for-tax-benefit-plan</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pro-Romney PAC Raises More Money Than Obama-Friendly Group]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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