Special interests pumped 32 million into Congress race
A Federal Election Commission report shows doctors through the American Medical Association spent twice as much as the AFL-CIO on 1978 congressional elections. Real estate operators and auto dealers spent more than the largest union, with PACs totaling 32 million mainly to incumbents.
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American Medical Association
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Census waste sparks Proxmire Golden Fleece award
Senator Proxmire assigns his Golden Fleece to a $140,000 Labor Department census project in Orange County California that aimed to count Samoan residents. The Institute of Emergent Nationalisms Determinacy Inc allegedly directed by one family received the grant and failed to submit results. Proxmire notes the same group sought partial funding for a $2.3 million Pacific Island Cultural Art Demonstration Team.
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Western Samoa
U.S
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