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	<title>Politics in Minnesota &#187; Citizens United</title>
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		<title>Campaign finance bills move to House, Senate floors</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/campaign-finance-bills-move-to-house-senate-floors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann Rest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Winkler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bills, sponsored by Sen. Ann Rest and Rep. Ryan Winkler, increase state limits on the contributions that candidates can receive and the amount of money they can spend.]]></description>
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		<title>Top lege races tab: $13.6 million</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/02/top-lege-races-tab-13-6-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bruse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn McElfatrick]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gregg Peppin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Lohmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent Eken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melisa Franzen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Hansen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Anzelc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the fall campaign season, the Republican Party of Minnesota sent out mailings in Senate District 4 accusing Kent Eken of voting to raise the “granny tax.” ]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage amendment brings campaign disclosure battle to Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/09/marriage-amendment-brings-campaign-disclosure-battle-to-minnesota/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/09/marriage-amendment-brings-campaign-disclosure-battle-to-minnesota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Sanders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFPD Board]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gary Goldsmith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Bopp Jr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota for Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Winkler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayers League of Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The news that state campaign finance officials had released a long-awaited statement on donor disclosure rules barely made a ripple in the political news cycle, but the opinion figures to make Minnesota a critical battleground in the national, post-Citizens United legal war over transparency, privacy and campaign money. 
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		<title>IP eyes legislative races for 2012</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/07/ip-eyes-legislative-races-for-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/07/ip-eyes-legislative-races-for-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Klobuchar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bev Scalze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Schultz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Barkley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Ventura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Penny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Horner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Jenkins knows how hard it is to win a legislative election as an Independence Party candidate: He ran last fall in Senate District 55 against DFL incumbent Sen. Chuck Wiger, earning just a little over 7 percent of the total votes in the North St. Paul and Maplewood district.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage combatants await CFPD decision</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/06/gay-marriage-combatants-await-cfpd-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/06/gay-marriage-combatants-await-cfpd-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaign Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gary Goldsmith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Bopp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Rifle Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Prichard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As organizers start to contemplate the fundraising push for next year’s gay marriage constitutional amendment proposal, insiders will be tuned in on Thursday to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure (CFPD) Board’s meeting as the board weighs a potentially critical rules clarification on political contributions to ballot questions.]]></description>
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		<title>New Chamber-affiliated PAC will raise corporate contributions for lege races</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/new-chamber-affiliated-pac-will-raise-corporate-contributions-for-lege-races/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/new-chamber-affiliated-pac-will-raise-corporate-contributions-for-lege-races/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blazar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fund PAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pro Jobs Majority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Chamber of Commerce officials have launched a new political action committee that is seeking corporate donations to influence state legislative races.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge shoots down petition challenging Minnesota&#8217;s corporate contribution disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/federal-judge-shoots-down-petition-challenging-minnesotas-corporate-contribution-disclosure-law/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/federal-judge-shoots-down-petition-challenging-minnesotas-corporate-contribution-disclosure-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaign Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donovan Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe La Rue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit that challenges Minnesota's new laws for disclosing corporate spending on elections won't affect tomorrow's deadline for disclosure reports by political committees.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers argue merits of campaign finance rules</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/08/lawyers-argue-merits-of-campaign-finance-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/08/lawyers-argue-merits-of-campaign-finance-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaign Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Gilbert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donovan Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe La Rue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota continues to violate the U.S. Constitution by prohibiting corporations from making political contributions that seek to directly influence campaigns. That's the gist of the argument made by plaintiffs in a hearing Friday afternoon before U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank.

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		<title>Campaign finance lawsuit will be heard in federal court on Friday</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/08/campaign-finance-lawsuit-will-be-heard-in-federal-court-on-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/08/campaign-finance-lawsuit-will-be-heard-in-federal-court-on-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coastal Travel Enterprises]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donovan Frank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A legal challenge to a new state law regulating campaign contributions will be argued in federal court tomorrow afternoon. The lawsuit challenges disclosure requirements that were enacted by the Legislature in the wake of the United States Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which opened the door to direct corporate spending to influence elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota case could further change corporate political spending landscape</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/07/minnesota-case-could-further-change-corporate-political-spending-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/07/minnesota-case-could-further-change-corporate-political-spending-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donovan Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe La Rue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayers League of Minnesota]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The next salvo in the legal battle over corporate money in politics is scheduled to take place in federal court in St. Paul on Aug. 20.]]></description>
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