Conservatives admit illegal donations
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David Cameron's constituency party admits receiving Â£7,400 in invalid donations
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Â· Civil liberties activists condemn proposalÂ· Conservatives back other counter-terror measures
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A Wisconsin group says the president's faith-based initiative is illegal. But can taxpayers sue the government over funding?
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The Federal Election Commission yesterday slapped heavy fines on three independent fundraising groups it said had illegally injected tens of millions of dollars into the 2004 presidential campaign, concluding unanimously that the funds were drawn from large donors and corporations in violation of...
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There are two ways to think about the staggering amounts of money given by special interest groups to politicians -- the type of contributions that were detailed for the last quarter in reports filed yesterday by presidential candidates and members of Congress.
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Description: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is criticized for conduct that apparently linked political donations to legislation. The rebuke from the House ethics committee is the second for the Texas Republican in just six days.
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Identity fraud a hash About Â£13bn of fraud was committed in the UK in 2005, but the figure could be on the conservative side, a report commissioned by the Association of Chief Police Officers said today.â¦
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Conservative commentator Rush  Limbaugh raised $2.1 million for children of fallen Marines and  law enforcement officers on Friday by auctioning off a letter  from Senate Democrats denouncing him for a remark about "phony  soldiers."
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An independent political group allied with Democrats and heavily bankrolled by billionaire George Soros has agreed to pay $775,000 to the Federal Election commission for violating campaign laws during the 2004 presidential campaign.
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The political fundraiser who found himself at the centre of cash-for-honours allegations has called for a change in the way political parties are funded.
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There are signs that the furor over the Congressional page scandal is sapping the enthusiasm of religious conservatives.
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Â· Conservative leader keen to avoid reigniting furore Â· Spokesman on Europe gets severe reprimand
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An inquiry has been opened into the charitable status of a think-tank following complaints from the Tories.
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A coin dealer and prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges he illegally funneled donations to President Bush&#039;s re-election campaign.
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Two mid-level D.C. government employees used phony paperwork to collect more than $16 million from illegal tax refunds, avoiding detection for at least three years while issuing more than 40 checks cashed by friends and family members in on the scam, prosecutors said yesterday.
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A conservative independent group that ran millions of dollars in ads against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 will pay $750,000 to settle charges that it violated federal campaign laws.
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Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.