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Jan 4 - Wall Street loved Mitt Romney -- that much we know. But the gap between the financial industry's giving to the two parties hit almost historic levels in the third quarter of 2012.
Jan 4 - The recent grounding of a Shell oil rig near Alaska has once again focused attention on questions about Arctic oil drilling -- something the company has fought for long and hard in Washington. Barney Frank is making noise about returning to Congress -- as a senator?
Jan 3 - Will Scott Brown jump back into the frying pan so soon after his bruising, and incredibly costly, 2012 race? A big factor is whether he thinks he can raise the money for a third race in four years. Also, how the fiscal cliff legislation came to include tax credits benefiting many large corporations, and why New Jersey and New York matter to lawmakers like John Boehner.
Jan 2 - Former Sen. Bob Bennett chafes at the restrictions on former lawmakers becoming lobbyists. He's registering on the very day his two-year cooling-off period ends, and he's sounding off.
Jan 1 - A year-in-review listicle of some of our favorite money-in-politics journalism of 2012.
Dec 28 - Fiscal cliff? Never mind. We've got food to think about!
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