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Companies keep low,
but are spending high
You won’t see logos
at any of the parties
thrown in Boston
By Alexander Bolton
and Tom Sullivan

Corporations have kept a low profile at the convention while spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to underwrite parties and perks for delegates, lawmakers, and journalists.

Almost all of these companies have big stakes in business pending on Capitol Hill, but they have been shy about trumpeting their sponsorship of events that fete the lawmakers and staffers whose decisions could affect millions of dollars of future business.
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Gay lobby takes aim at Bush
By Michael S. Gerber
and James Kirchick

Celebrities and lawmakers speaking to a raucous Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender (GLBT) Caucus yesterday largely ignored Sen. John Kerry’s opposition to gay marriage, focusing instead on Republican efforts to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions.

From convention chairman Gov. Bill Richardson (N.M.) to Teresa Heinz Kerry, speakers told the crowd that the Democratic Party would fight for more rights for homosexuals.
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