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CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE
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POLITICS. GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. GUEST: THANK YOU. HOST: BLOOMBERG BUSINESS, KARL ROVE, IN 2000 HE WAS BUSH'S BRAIN AND NOW HE WANTS...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
BE THE $1 BILLION WALLET AS
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Scully, Steven - Host
WELL, FOCUSING ON AMERICAN CROSSROADS, ONE OF THE NUMBER OF SUPRAPACKS FOR THEAND REPUBLICANS, CHANGING CAMPAIGN 2012. GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A WHOLE...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE WHEREBY THE MONEY CAN COME FROM CORPORATE TREASURIES, LABOR TREASURIES, TRADE SOWSES AND FOLKS LIKE KARL ROVE, POLITICAL...
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Scully, Steven - Host
SIMMONS, A BILLIONAIRE INDUSTRIALIST FROM DALLAS, SAM BELL, A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR IN CHICAGO, DANIEL LOBE, HEDGE FUND MANAGER IN NEW YORK. WHAT DO...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
THE SAME BIG DONORS THAT HAVE PLAYED AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND THIS ARE SOME NEW FACES, BUT I THINK THEY HOPE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
OF SKG DREAMWORKS AND RECENTLY
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
IRWIN JACOBS, THERE ARE MAJOR DONORS, INCLUDING BILL MAHER AND MORGAN FREEHMAN, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HOLD A CANDLE TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED...
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Scully, Steven - Host
WRONG DECISION. WHAT DID THE COURT DECIDE AND WHY DOES THAT CHANGE FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN POST WATERGATE THROUGH 2008? GUEST: THERE'S SO MUCH CONFUSION...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
CITIZENS UNITED AND THE SPEECH NOW, WHICH CREATED SUPERPACS. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS MANY OF THE DONATIONS BEING MADE NOW COULD HAVE BEEN MADE ALL ALONG....
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Scully, Steven - Host
KNOW WHO HE IS AND IS HE EMBLEMATIC OF -- >> GUEST: OF BARKLEY'S? SO MUCH OF THE MONEY IS COMING FROM FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
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AND INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING, AND PARTICULARLY, AGAIN,
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, AND OF COURSE, BARK CLAIZ IS -- BARCLAYS IS EMBROILED IN THE -- IN ANOTHER BANKING SCANDAL, SO WE'VE SEEN SOME UNCOMFORTABLE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
C-SPAN.ORG, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, C-SPAN WJ. MITT ROMNEY WITH A SERIES OF FUND-RAISERS IN ISRAEL THIS WEEKEND, IN LONDON LATE LAST WEEK. EVERYTHING LEGAL?...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
PRIOR CYCLES AS WELL. IT IS I THINK UNUSUAL. IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE RAISING FUNDS FOR AMERICAN ELECTIONS ON FOREIGN SOIL BUT EACH OF...
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Scully, Steven - Host
INVESTORS, FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES AND EVEN HEDGE FUND MANAGERS. GUEST: THERE ARE MANY FOLKS FROM WALL STREET AMONG PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BUTTONEDLERS, THOSE...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
BUNDLERS, SHAKING THE BUSHESO BUSHES, WORKING ON HIS BEHALF BUT HE HAS TAKEN A REAL HIT FROM -- PERHAPS DOLLARS BASED UPON THE FINANCIAL REFORMS --...
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Scully, Steven - Host
MORNING. >> HOST: GOOD MORNING. WE CAN HEAR YOU, PLEASE GO AHEAD. CALLER: YES. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
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IN THE MEDIA,
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GENERAL, AN SPECIFICALLY WITH YOUR GUEST THERE, THAT
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THE WORD PROPAGANDA IS VERY RARELY BROUGHT UP. ANY COMMENTS? GUEST: PROPAGANDA BY THE CAMPAIGNS, BY THE OUTSIDE INTEREST GROUPS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
THIS SIMPLE I'M FOCUSING ON THE WORD PROPAGANDA.
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COMPUTERS NOW WILL GO
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CALLER, -
THROUGH AN ANALYZE HOW OFTEN A WORD IS USED. NOW, I'M 70 YEARS OLD AND I WAS TELLING THE SCREENER THAT I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WHEN BOTH GROUPS...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
GROUPS WITH PATRIOTIC, VAGUE SOUNDING NAMES THAT WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH. MANY OF THE GROUPS ARE NEW, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SUPERPACS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
ON OPEN SECRETS.ORG FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
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BUNDLERS. THERE'S A PAGE DEVOTED TO BUNDLERS AND INFOGRAPHIC. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. MANY OF THE SAME BUNDLERS THAT HAVE LINED UP ON HIS SIDE BEFORE...
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MONEY IN OTHER COUNTRIES. GUEST: MITT ROMNEY IS NOW IN LONDON AND HE'S BEEN HOLDING FUND-RAISERS THERE AND IN ISRAEL.
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS SURROGATES, MICHELLE OBAMA, HAVE IN THE PAST RAISED FUNDS ON HIS BEHALF ABROAD. SO THIS IS NOT UNIQUE OR NOVEL BUT IT IS A...
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Scully, Steven - Host
SUPERPACS, HOW MUCH WILL WE SPEND? CAN YOU PUT A FINAL FIGURE ON THIS? GUEST: WE BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A BILLION DOLLARS IN OUTSIDE SPENDING, PERHAPS...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
KIND OF WILD SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH WILL BE SPENT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL BE SPENT BY THE OUTSIDE INTEREST GROUPS THAT WE HAVE INSUFFICIENT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
MILLION HAVING SPENT $405 MILLION. THE REPUBLICANS, RAISING ABOUT $437 MILLION, AND HAVING SPENT ABOUT $315 MILLION. SO CLEARLY THE REPUBLICANS HAVE...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
PARTIES WILL HAVE AFTER THATEL RESOURCES -- AMPLE RESOURCES, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT MAY NOT TOP THE FUNDS RAISED IN THE LAST CYCLE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY...
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Scully, Steven - Host
OPEN SECRETS.ORG. YOUR FUNDING COMES FROM WHERE? GUEST: OUR FUNDING COMES FROM FOUNDATIONS PRIMARILY, FORD OPEN
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
SOCIETY INSTITUTE, ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND, ALSO SMALLER FOUNDATIONS, FAMILY FOUNDATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS. SO WE ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS,...
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Scully, Steven - Host
OHIO, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WAS CALLING IN, I WANTED TO KNOW, THEY SAID THAT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN -- THEY
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ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO RAISE A BILLION DOLLARS. I NEVER REMEMBERED HIM ANNOUNCING THAT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE REPUBLICANS PUT OUT THERE. AND...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
OF A CANDIDATE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT THEY CAN GIVE TO THESE OUTSIDE PURPORTEDLY INDEPENDENT GROUPS THAT ARE SENDING OUT A MESSAGE THAT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
YOU'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE POLITICS OF THE RACES, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY BEING SPENT IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE RACES, WITH CONGRESS AT A...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
SO THAT WAS -- YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, INCUMBENTS WIN -- THE VAST MAJORITY OF INCUMBENTS WILL BE REELECTED ON ELECTION DAY. BUT WITH THE ADVENT OF CITIZENS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PROGRAMMING ITSELF ON THIS NETWORK, AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, PART OF C-SPAN'S VIDEO LIBRARY, C-SPAN.ORG. RICHARD IS ON THE PHONE, LONG ISLAND, GOOD...
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REP, BEEN PART OF A UNION SINCE I'M 18 YEARS OLD, I'M GOING TO BE 47 IN AUGUST. WHAT AGGRAVATES ME THE MOST SINCE I'VE BEEN SAYING TAXES IS THE HYPOCRISY...
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Scully, Steven - Host
A LOT OF PAC
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
MONEY DIRECTLY TO CANDIDATES AND OFFICIALLY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE SEEN AS BEING SUPPORTIVE OF UNION ISSUES. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY CONTROL...
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Scully, Steven - Host
AFTER THE CITIZENS UNITED DECISION WHICH IN EFFECT SAID THAT CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE AND IN
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH THAT INDIVIDUALS DO, AND THEREFORE A CORPORATION CANNOT BE PREVENTED FROM SPENDING AS MUCH...
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Scully, Steven - Host
CAMPAIGN CYCLE, MOST NOTEPLE WITH BARACK OBAMA NOT ACCEPTING MATCHING FUNDS IN A GENERAL ELECTION. IS THAT SYSTEM DEAD? GUEST: IT IS DEAD, UNLESS --...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
SYSTEM THAT I THINK WAS ALLOWED TO WITHER ON THE VINE. DID DID NOT -- IT DID NOT GET BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT. I THINK AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THERE WAS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH AN INDIVIDUAL CAN CONTRIBUTE? $2500 IS WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN GIVE TO A CANDIDATE FOR EACH ELECTION, THAT'S 5000
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
FOR THE PRIMARY AND GENERAL COMBINED, AND, OF COURSE, FOR MANY OF THE LARGEST DONORS, MAXING OUT TO THE CAMPAIGN IS KIND OF A PIT STOP ON THE WAY TO...
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Scully, Steven - Host
LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, STEVE. BOY, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THE LADY ABOUT THE HYPOCRISY OF THE PRESIDENT
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NOT ACCEPTING MATCHING FUNDS BUT AS SHE EXPLAINED IT, IT'S A DEAD ISSUE. CAN I ASK, STEVE, A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT I THINK WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO...
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Scully, Steven - Host
I THINK ALL DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
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WOULD AGREE THAT THE ECONOMY IS NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST. IT WOULD BE RIGHT ABOVE YOUR C-SPAN LOGO, YOU USE THE CLOCK THAT SHOWS THE DEBT THAT'S BEING...
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Scully, Steven - Host
GO AHEAD, HOWARD. YOU WANT IT ON 24/7? CALLER: THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE PRACTICAL. MY ISSUE IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING
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ABOUT THE -- ARE YOU THERE, STEVE? HOST: I AM. CALLER: WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ISSUE OF THE DAY AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO ABOUT, OH, FOR
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Scully, Steven - Host
EXAMPLE,
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MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY, THE FEDERAL -- EXCUSE ME, THE DEFENSE BUDGET AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, WHEN A CALLER CALLS IN AND IS LOOKING AT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
COUNTRY, BUT AGAIN, A QUESTION ABOUT THE UNIONS, AND -- >> GUEST: THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS FOCUSED ON INFLUENCING
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WISCONSIN ELECTORAL
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
ACTIVITIES, BUT IT WAS A VERY CLEAR DISPLAY OF UNION MIGHT. IT WASN'T ULTIMATELY ENOUGH TO CARRY THE DAY FOR THEM. BUT AGAIN, THE ABILITY TO MOBILIZE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
CAMPAIGN 2012, PRIORITIES U.S.A. WHICH HAS RAISED ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS, JUST OVER $20 MILLION, A DEMOCRATIC SUPERPAC, THE...
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
HAVE PROHIBITED LIMITS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND SPENDING, THAT IT WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE CERTAIN SPEECH LOUDER AND DROWN OUT THE ABILITY OF THOSE WITHOUT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
CALLER: GOOD MORNING STEVE AND SHEILA. I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW IT'S RAINING HERE IN ST. CHARLES. HOST: THAT'S GOOD NEWS, ISN'T IT? YOU'VE NEEDED
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THE RAIN. CALLER: YEAH, IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S RAINED IN FOREVER. THESE ARE -- OKAY. I'VE GOT A
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Scully, Steven - Host
POINT. I'M GOING TO RUN OFF TWO OTHER CLOCKS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE
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UP THERE. ONE THAT SHOWS THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH BY THE UPPER 1 PERCENT, AND THE OTHER ONE SHOULD BE THE LOSS OF TAX REVENUE DUE TO THE BUSH TAX...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PARTY CONVENTIONS ARE FUNDED PARTIALLY BY TAXPAYERS. TBF GUEST YES. SINCE THAT WAS PART OF THE PUBLIC FINANCING PUT IN PLACE IN THE MID '70S, BOTH...
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Scully, Steven - Host
GUEST: THANK YOU. HOST: AS WE FOCUS ON SYRIA AND AFGHANISTAN, UP NEXT, WE WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO IRAQ
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AND MANY FEEL
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Krumholz, Sheila - Executive Director
THANK AL-QAEDA MAY BE MAKING A
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Scully, Steven - Host
RESURGENCE IN THAT COUNTRY. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT AS THE WA JOURNAL CONTINUES ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING BUT FIRST A LOOK AT THE OTHER...
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AGENDA -- CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA. WE NOTE THAT SUNDAY AN NEXT SUNDAY, MEET THE PRESS WHICH USUALLY CARES ON C-SPAN RADIO AT NOON EASTERN TIME IS PREEMPTED...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.