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Center for American Progress

July 31, 2008 - 5:24pm

Smith campaign: Merkley's gas plan is stolen

U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith's (R-Pendleton) campaign is accusing Oregon House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) of plagiarizing part of his plan to reduce fuel costs from a May 2008 policy memo published by the Center for American Progess.

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June 28, 2008 - 8:05pm

Former Kennedy aide to Obama campaign

Melody BarnesMelody Barnes, a longtime advisor to Sen. Ted Kennedy, is leaving her current post at the Center for American Progress to help with Barack Obama's presidential bid, his campaign announced yesterday.

Barnes, who served as Chief Counsel to Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee from December 1995 to March 2003, will serve as a senior domestic policy advisor.

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