When fertility depends on someone elseNigerian TribuneAs remote as this may sound, many couples find that deciding on donors, may significantly determine their ability to achieve pregnancy with assisted reproductive Technique. The society of Assisted R…
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Americans can give a boatload more cash to politicians if end-of-year budget …
Palm Beach Post (blog) “At a time when most Americans already feel like their voices are not being heard in Washington, this language gives special interests even more say in the democratic process by drastically expanding how much money America’s wealthiest donors can give … |
San Francisco ChronicleBudget deal chips away at limits on political donors, increases giving …Minneapolis Star TribuneThe campaign finance proposal was tucked into an unrelated measure to keep most of the government open through the coming September…
The Atlantic |
‘The Most Corrupting Campaign-Finance Provisions Ever Enacted’
The Atlantic With a last-minute provision tacked onto page 1,599 of the 1,603-page, $1.013 trillion spending bill, Congress is moving to fill the void left by the stripping of public funds for the party conventions by dramatically increasing the amount that … |
Devex |
The 7 biggest threats to Afghan reconstruction in 2015
Devex International donors to Afghanistan have sought to channel more of their funding through government systems — so called on-budget assistance — instead of paying international contractors and nongovernmental organizations to implement programs. Doing … |
NBCNews.com |
Congress Looks to Short-Term Funding to Keep Government’s Lights On
NBCNews.com The second measure Congress snuck into the spending the bill will be more galling to some, because it amounts of a pay raise for the two unpopular political parties: It raises the $32,400 maximum that donors could give the Democratic National Committee … |
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Gary Curtis: Subterfuge should not be used on Cemex
Santa Clarita Valley Signal Attaching unrelated, special-purpose amendments is how we got “The Bridge to Nowhere” and airports named after campaign donors or Congressmen’s grandchildren. It is a corrupting practice that needs review and reform — not affirmation and propagation. |
Cincinnati.com |
Kasich launching national tour – but not for president
Cincinnati.com Officially, the tour is unrelated to a potential bid for president. Ohio’s Legislature has signed on to an effort to require balanced federal budgets, and Kasich will try to persuade more states to join … A newly formed 501(c)(4) nonprofit, which can … |
The 2014 Hit Parade: Infectious Disease Stories of the YearMedscapeThis is a review of 10 developments in the field of infectious diseases in 2014 that are likely to have a substantial impact on medical practice. They are listed in no particular order,…
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Terrorism insurance talks break down
Politico Warren criticizes Obama pick for Treasury in session with donors … “Adding in an extraneous, unrelated Dodd-Frank issue that Democrats oppose to a bipartisan TRIA bill that has been carefully negotiated puts the future of TRIA in doubt.” A GOP aide … |