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Secret corporate cash behind Obama-allied think tank, leak reveals

Bill McMorris The Washington Free Beacon 5/21/2013

A liberal think tank with close ties to the Obama administration took money from General Motors and other businesses it did not disclose while campaigning for policies benefitting those companies, according to The Nation magazine.

Members of the “Business […]

Senate passes internet sales tax bill amid opposition from conservatives

Bill to overturn 1992 court decision has support of Obama, Amazon and Walmart – but its future in the House is uncertain

Dominic Rushe The Guardian [UK] 6 May 2013

The US Senate on Monday passed a bill aimed at ending tax-free shopping on the internet but the move looks set to face fierce opposition […]

GE Capital Cuts Off Lending to Gun Stores Citing Sandy Hook

Awr Hawkins Breitbart.com Big Government 24 Apr 2013

General Electric’s financial wing, GE Capital, is “quietly” cutting ties with gun stores. The financial group is sending notices to gun stores letting them know ties are being severed and funds will no longer be available for lending.

GE Capital says this action is in response to […]

The Internet Sales Tax Rush

Harry Reid and Wal-Mart hope nobody will notice their online revenue raid.

The Wall Street Journal 4/21/2013

Every time Congress has taken a serious look at proposals to boost Internet sales taxes, it has rejected them. That’s probably why pro-tax Senators are trying to rush through an online tax hike with as little consideration as […]

Crony capitalism: Obama going for gun control with tactic used to pass Obamacare

Joel Gehrke The Washington Examiner 1/5/2012

President Obama plans to ally himself with big business once again by using crony capitalist tactics to pass gun control just as he used them to pass Obamacare. In this case, Obama reportedly plans to make sure that the new gun control law benefits big businesses that sell weapons.

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Pelosi Won't Defend First Amendment Rights of Historic San Francisco Catholic Hospital

Matt Cover CNS News 11/30/2012

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who is Catholic, indicated on Friday that she supports forcing St. Mary’s Medical Center, the oldest continuously operating hospital in her San Francisco-based congressional district, to provide health plans to its workers that cover sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs free of charge even though […]

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