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PG&E's blank check

Who is the utility buying off? Start with Newsom, Feinstein, and Willie Brown

SOURCE: Amanda Witherell // San Francisco Bay Guardian

27 Aug 2008 // It's Saturday morning, Aug. 23, and at the plumber's union hall on Market Street, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. employees are leading a rally in opposition to San Francisco's Clean Energy Act. A table at the back of the room sags with urns of coffee and uneaten pastries. To the side are towers of glossy black "Stop the Blank Check" window signs. E-mails sent by event organizers said Sen. More»

Lawsuits target Buchanan's naysayers

SOURCE: Carol E. Lee // Sarasota Herald-Tribune

27 Aug 2008 // Congressman Vern Buchanan's business partner again fired back at those accusing the District 13 Republican of fostering consumer fraud at his Florida car dealerships and violating federal campaign finance laws.

Whither the E-Mails?

SOURCE: Michael Abramowitz // The Washington Post

25 Aug 2008 // An internal White House document provides some fresh clues about the status of the controversy that has been simmering since 2007, when it was discovered that potentially millions of White House e-mails over a two-year period were missing.

Exactly what the clues suggest, however, is a bit murky.

Biden's son a registered lobbyist since 2001

SOURCE: Ken Dilanian // USA Today

25 Aug 2008 // As it stands now, Sen. Joe Biden's younger son, Hunter Biden, wouldn't be allowed to contribute money to his father's vice presidential effort.

Leaked memo: e-mail recovery will outlast Bush presidency

SOURCE: Timothy B. Lee // ARS Technica

25 Aug 2008 // An internal memo suggests that the White House will be unable to recover thousands of missing White House e-mails by the end of George W. Bush's term in office. More»

Pelosi Investment Shows Unlikely Energy Alliance

Shares Purchased In Pickens Firm; Oil Man's New Role

SOURCE: Ian Talley // The Wall Street Journal

23 Aug 2008 // House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband invested between $50,000 and $100,000 in T. Boone Pickens's Clean Energy Fuels Corp., which could benefit from legislation the California Democrat favors to boost U.S. use of natural gas.

Obama To Amend Report On $800,000 In Spending

SOURCE: David M. Brown // The Post Chronicle

23 Aug 2008 // U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat's campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports.

Lawsuit accuses U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan of shenanigans at Pasco car lot

SOURCE: Jamal Thalji // St. Petersburg Times

22 Aug 2008 // U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan is one of the richest men in Congress thanks in part to his car dealerships.

But those businesses have also made the Sarasota Republican the target of lawsuits in his own county. Ex-employees allege that his dealerships fabricated tax returns, falsified incomes to get loan applications approved and "powerbooked" — faked options to pump up the sales price.

Franken's New Ad Ties Coleman To Indicted Sen. Stevens

SOURCE: Kris Alingod // AHN News

22 Aug 2008 // Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) nominee and former 'Saturday Night Live" writer Al Franken launched a new TV ad on Thursday linking Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) to the VECO Corp. controversy.

Suits filed against Vern Buchanan are focus of campaign opponent's ads

SOURCE: Carol E. Lee and Jeremy Wallace // Sarasota Herald Tribune

21 Aug 2008 // Democrat Christine Jennings is seizing on accusations by ex-employees of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan that the Republican congressman violated campaign finance laws, committed business fraud and employed illegal immigrants.