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Md. Rep. Bartlett failed to report property sales
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett has underreported or failed to report roughly $1 million in property sales since 2004, a newspaper reports.
Cheney wanted cuts in climate change testimony
Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the consequences of climate change on public health, a former senior EPA official claimed Tuesday.
Military see presidential race through own lens
Brandon Ziegler served two tours in Iraq and wears a bracelet inscribed with the name of an Army buddy who never made it home. Jim Morin saw action in both Iraq and Afghanistan and has lost several friends to the war in Iraq, the latest just a month ago.
Justices strike down 'millionaire's amendment'
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the "millionaire's amendment," a campaign finance law intended to level the field for House candidates facing wealthy opponents who spend lots of their own money.  AFL-CIO endorses Obama for presidentThe AFL-CIO endorsed Barack Obama for president Thursday, uniting the nation's 15 million union workers behind the Illinois senator and giving him full access to organized labor's massive bank accounts and political machinery.
Groups ask greater disclosure from McCain, Obama
Eight political watchdog groups on Wednesday asked Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to disclose more about the fundraising for their presidential campaigns, including new details about those fundraisers who "bundle" tens of thousands of dollars.  Obama, Democrats, hit up Hollywood for cashBarack Obama raised nearly $5 million Tuesday at a celebrity-packed fundraiser that was the equivalent of the entertainment industry's coming-out party for the likely Democratic presidential nominee. |
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