campaign finance
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
The Maine Millennial: Susan Collins should answer for Big Pharma donations
Maine's senior senator is among the many lawmakers who have taken campaign cash from the companies that promoted opioid use.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Maine Voices: Single-payer would give U.S. patients, caregivers more control over health care system
Weaker campaign finance laws have enabled insurers and Big Pharma to create a system that benefits only them.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Jim Fossel: Campaign spending is the problem, not donations
England has a system that allows people to contribute to campaigns, but dictates how much candidates and parties can spend.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2019
Our View: Maine ethics panel should be at full strength
Next year will be a busy one for the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2019
Our View: Overall election spending is the real scandal
House Speaker Sara Gideon's rule infraction is small compared with the perfectly legal way that money floods our politics.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2019
Out-of-state donors flood Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate race
In a campaign that could decide control of the Senate in 2020, they make the vast majority of $200-plus donations to Susan Collins and Sara Gideon.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
The Maine Millennial: Outsider brings new approach to campaign finance
Tiffany Bond is using the prominence of her Senate campaign to direct contributions to worthy causes.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2019
Outside group spends big on media blitz to support Sen. Collins’ campaign
The campaign by 1820 PAC is the latest effort by independent groups – many funded by secretive 'dark money' – to flood Maine with ads in the 2020 U.S. Senate race.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
Maine Voices: Citizens United still casts a shadow
We need to amend the Constitution to limit corporate money in politics.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Democratic ‘dark money’ group targets Sen. Collins
Maine Momentum has reserved $722,000 worth of advertising through early January to 'educate' voters about Maine's senior senator as she heads into a reelection year.
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