Tagged: Campaign spending

Washington Campaign Financing
4:26 pm
Thu April 19, 2012

Role-Reversal: Now It's Wash. Lawmakers' Turn To Ask Lobbyists For Help

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Nathan Gorton with Washington Realtors gets more than a dozen campaign finance solicitations a day this time of year.

Lobbyists have been pounding down the doors of Washington state lawmakers for the last several months. But now that the legislature has adjourned, the roles have suddenly reversed. Just ask lobbyist Nick Federici who advocates for human services organizations.

Nick Federici: “It is a little bit ironic that in a week’s time they went from ‘oh my God I don’t want to talk to you ever again’ to ‘oh, by the way, could you send me a check?’”

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Super PAC Money
5:33 pm
Wed February 1, 2012

Northwest Gets In On Super PAC Action

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In the first election that so-called “super PACs” can collect unlimited money for presidential races, some big spenders from the Northwest are getting in on the action. 

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