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		<title>Ad spanks big money</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the onslaught of political ads, clean elections advocates are pushing for public financing of congressional campaigns.]]></description>
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		<title>Money as free speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montanans are riled up over the U.S. Supreme Court's "corporate personhood" ruling. A meeting Friday will look at curbing future abuses.]]></description>
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		<title>Court complicates campaign finance rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wyoming VoteVets ad blasts Barasso</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Super Bowl blitz</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which Mountain West politicians are tailgating with lobbyists and donors at the nation's biggest football game?]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign penalties MIA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado's uncollected penalties for broken campaign finance laws leaves money on the table and points to broken enforcement system.]]></description>
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