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- Plotting the Cash Path. Schlesinger, Robert // Campaigns & Elections (1996);Sep2005, Vol. 26 Issue 8, p19
Focuses on the efforts of potential U.S. presidential candidates to raise campaign funds for the 2008 elections. Background on the fund-raising activities of Senator Hillary Clinton; Benefits of fund raising to candidates; Effects of the growth of online fund raising on candidates.
- Dialing for Dollars. Gilgoff, Dan; Sullivan, Will // U.S. News & World Report;3/26/2007, Vol. 142 Issue 11, p18
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- Fund-Raisers are Really Fund-Reapers. Morris, Dick // Campaigns & Elections (1996);Apr2007, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p46
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- Hey, Big Spenders. // Foreign Policy;Sep/Oct2007, Issue 162, p20
The article describes the countries where the most cash is spent on political campaigns after the U.S., where presidential candidates are expected to spend more than a billion dollars in campaign funds before the 2008 election. The next biggest spenders are candidates for Diet seats in Japan,...
- by the numbers. Bonamici, Kate // Fortune;9/6/2004, Vol. 150 Issue 5, p38
Reports that, as George W. Bush accepts the Republican nomination, he will give up the right to accept donations, the same privilege John Kerry gave up at the Democratic National Convention. Amount of money which has been donated to each candidate; Breakdown of donations by the top five sector...
- The Beacon Hill Nightmare. // National Review;3/8/2004, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p59
Discusses how Senator John Kerry mortgaged his Boston, Beacon Hill home to help pay for his presidential campaign. Size of the loan and how his access to it was threatened; His need for money to finance the ongoing campaign for presidency; Problems with Kerry's mortgage; Current campaigning laws.
- A REPORTER AT LARGE: POLITICS AND MONEY�II. Drew, Elizabeth // New Yorker;12/13/1982, Vol. 58 Issue 43, p57
The article focuses on the various issues concerning the political and financial situation in the U.S. It has been recognized that the laws governing the contributions as well as the expenditures in a political system, particularly for the presidential campaigns, have been surrounded with...
- Wal-Mart Gets Political: Retailer Seeks
More Clout As Campaign Funds Hit $2M. Ramey, Joanna // WWD: Women's Wear Daily;8/2/2004, Vol. 188 Issue 22, p1
Reports on the decision of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to increase its political contributions to federal candidates for the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Total amount of contributions donated by the company; Factors that influenced the company to increase political funds; Importance of...
