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    1996 House Campaign Finances

    Ira Arlook released a report on congressional campaign expenditures. He highlighted several points, including that about 90 percent of the candidates who spent the most money won their campa…

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    Campaign Contributions to House Members

    Citizen Action released a report showing the amount of money contributed to House members during the first half of 1996. The participants took questions from the press.

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    Congressional Voting Patterns

    Citizen Action announced a report on the voting patterns of the 104th Congress. The participants had studied the degree to which House Republicans had voted in agreement with House Speaker G…

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    Campaign Contributions and Superfund

    Participants briefed reporters on a report entitled, “Toxic Payoff,” which concerns the relationship between political contributions from corporations who helped create the environmental pro…

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    Campaign Contributions Report

    Citizen Action, a consumer organization, released a report on campaign contributions made by political action committees in 1995. The organization’s executive director, Ira Arlook, took ques…

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    Congressional Republican Voting Patterns

    Mr. Winnicker briefed reporters on a new study concerning voting patterns in Congress. The report indicates that on average, House Republicans voted with their leadership 91.8 percent of the…

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    Corporate Campaign Contributions

    Ed Rothschild briefed reporters on a recent report concerning corporate political action committees' contributions to House members, primarily Republicans, since they were in the majority. T…

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    Child Mortality in the U.S.

    Consumer advocates announced the release of a report entitled “Dying Before Their Time,” which examines the death rates of children from 1987-91. The study authors talked about child mortali…

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    Strategy for State Insurance Revolts

    Citizen Action held a news conference to announce a campaign for protections and rate relief from insurance companies to consumers.

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    Progressive New Agenda & the New Administration

    A portion of a conference sponsored by a group of grass roots political organizers called Citizen Action. Steve Max hosts the event.

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