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60 Plus Association
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Relationship: 60 Plus, the Seniors Coalition and America 21 sent direct mail in many of the same races. The pieces were strikingly similar. In one case, 60 Plus, the Seniors Coalition and America 21 each sent out direct mail items that misspelled a candidate's name identically.
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2002
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Group's Stated Purpose: A non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free enterprise, less government, less taxes approach to senior issues.
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America 21
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Relationship: America 21, 60 Plus and the Seniors Coalition had a high similarity in the contests in which they sent direct mail, and the direct mail pieces were found by multiple observers to be strikingly similar. In one case, each group sent out direct mail that identically misspelled a candidate's name.
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2002
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Group's Stated Purpose: Educate, engage, and mobilize Christians to influence national policy at every level.
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Citizens for Better Medicare
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Relationship: Seniors Coalition was a member of Citizens for Better Medicare.
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2000
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Group's Stated Purpose: Medicare reform advocacy.
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Partnership for Safe Medicines
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Relationship: Partnership ran radio ads urging rejection of a bill that would have allowed for re-importation of prescription drugs.
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2003
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Group's Stated Purpose: Opposed re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
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| † This section lists organizations with which this group has collaborated, such as by holding joint press conferences, jointly funding advertising campaigns or participating in coalitions. Also included are organizations to which this group has provided funding. |
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Daniel Smith, "Distorted by Outside Money: National Parties and the Race for Colorado's Seventh Congressional District," in "The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections," edited by David E. Magelby and J. Quin Monson, 2003. |
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Daniel Smith, "Distorted by Outside Money: National Parties and the Race for Colorado's Seventh Congressional District," in "The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections," edited by David E. Magelby and J. Quin Monson, 2003. |
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"Citizens for Better Medicare: The Truth Behind the Drug Industry's Deception of America's Seniors," Public Citizen's Congress Watch, June 2000. |
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"US House Seen Voting On Drug Import Bill Thursday Night," Dow Jones News Service, July 24, 2003. |
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