Pressing The Advantage

By David Kurtz

February 24, 2009 5:59 a.m.

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Union group calls on Treasury to deny TARP funds to Principal Financial Group because of its heavy lobbying expenditures, especially on the Employee Free Choice Act, TPMDC reports.

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David Kurtz (@TPM_dk) is TPM's executive editor and Washington Bureau chief. He oversees the news operations of TPM.

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