Bush's Backers Donate Heavily to Veteran Ads
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Swift Boat Veterans for Truth said it had raised $6.7 million in a windfall brought about by its high profile in recent weeks.
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The chairman of President Bush's Homeland Security Advisory Committee and Democratic challenger John Kerry's fund-raising chief are among 27 top campaign cash-raisers who are current or former managers of companies punished for trading with Iran or Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
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The Republican donor who helped bankroll the Swift Boat attacks on Democratic Sen. John Kerry's war record has given $5 million to a new group targeting Democratic candidates.
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Ford Motor Co., Time Warner Inc. and Home Depot Inc. are among the big corporations donating funds for President Bush's reinauguration ceremonies, according to a list released Friday.
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The Republican Party is following up record fund raising for President Bush's re-election effort by asking donors to finance its efforts to get Bush's message "past the liberal media filter" to the public.
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The campaign of Democrat John F. Kerry has earmarked $6 million for Democratic committees that support congressional candidates from the sizable surplus left over from the privately funded phase of his presidential campaign.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and John Kerry have accepted $75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.
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More than two dozen top fund-raisers for President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are current or former senior managers of companies punished for trading with Iran or Saddam Hussein's Iraq &#151; including the chairman of Bush's Homeland Security Advisory Committee and Kerry's fund-raising chairman.
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President Bush, who has refused for weeks to condemn a veterans&#39; group&#39;s television commercials attacking John Kerry&#39;s military service in Vietnam, yesterday said that the group and others running independent advertisements should stop them.
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President Bush, speaking at a fundraiser Wednesday that an official said raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the struggling campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann, devoted about half of his speech to the war in Iraq.
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The Veterans Charitable Foundation is making a patriotic fund-raising pitch to many Massachusetts residents: 100 percent of every donation goes directly to help veterans with wheelchairs, medical equipment, and family aid.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush appealed to Congress on Saturday to give him real cash for the war, not just a pledge to fund the troops.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - A Vietnam veteran who worked  with President Bush's campaign has left over his appearance in  a commercial by a group challenging Democratic candidate John  Kerry's war record, a campaign spokesman said on Saturday.
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"Bourne Supremacy" star Matt Damon, "Lost in Translation" actress Scarlett Johansson and other celebrity artists are donating their talents &#151; not just their cash &#151; to an online effort to unseat President Bush.
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Mitt Romney contributed tens of thousands of dollars to groups in a position to influence his image on the right.
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Interest groups that can urge the public to vote for or against candidates have spent at least &#36;25 million on the presidential race since Labor Day, with John Kerry's supporters outspending Bush's by more than 4-to-1.
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The chief financial backer of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and its television ad challenging Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's military record is a wealthy Texas homebuilder known for his deep pockets and aversion to the limelight.