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More recently, the Chairman has joined with polluter front-groups as well, such as the Koch Industries-backed Americans For Prosperity AFP.
Pete Altman: Why Is Fred Upton Lending His Name To The Koch Brothers' War On EPA And Americans' Health? Pete Altman 2011
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More recently, the Chairman has joined with polluter front-groups as well, such as the Koch Industries-backed Americans For Prosperity AFP.
Pete Altman: Why Is Fred Upton Lending His Name To The Koch Brothers' War On EPA And Americans' Health? Pete Altman 2011
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To soften the Citizens United blow, Congress has been debating the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, which would require companies to disclose all of their political expenditures as well as requiring front-groups like the Chamber to list the identities and amounts of its donors.
Zach Carter: Campaign Cash: How Citizens United Will Change Elections Forever Zach Carter 2010
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To soften the Citizens United blow, Congress has been debating the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, which would require companies to disclose all of their political expenditures as well as requiring front-groups like the Chamber to list the identities and amounts of its donors.
Zach Carter: Campaign Cash: How Citizens United Will Change Elections Forever Zach Carter 2010
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"As a former target of a false rumor started by the Sanford Camp I can tell you with absolute certainty this attack was orchestrated on behalf of Mark Sanford, either directly or indirectly, and financially subsidized by him or one of his many 'front-groups,'" Knotts wrote.
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To soften the Citizens United blow, Congress has been debating the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, which would require companies to disclose all of their political expenditures as well as requiring front-groups like the Chamber to list the identities and amounts of its donors.
Zach Carter: Campaign Cash: How Citizens United Will Change Elections Forever Zach Carter 2010
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I can tell you with absolute certainty this attack was orchestrated on behalf of Mark Sanford, either directly or indirectly, and financially subsidized by him or one of his many 'front-groups,'...
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While Senators pay some attention to constituent calls, many of them pay more attention to calls from industry front-groups whose profits depend on the status quo.
Josh Nelson: The Public is Ready for Clean Energy Legislation, Is the Senate? 2010
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So they dish out millions to front-groups to fog over the science that tells us the planet is in danger -- and to smear good people like Al Gore who want us to be more efficient in our energy use, and find alternatives to fuels that pollute.
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It is a remarkable abuse of the system that while MRC smears Democratic leader after Democratic leader, ExxonMobil gets a tax deduction for funding these front-groups for this global-warming-denial campaign of smear and fear against Al Gore and others who are trying to get this country to join the rest of the world to combat the threat from global warming.
Dave Johnson and James Boyce: As Al Gore's Book Hits Number One, ExxonMobil's Front Group Attacks 2008
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