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Reports: Freddie Mac paid lobbying firm owned by McCain manager

WASHINGTON - Freddie Mac, one of the giant mortgage companies at the crux of the credit crisis, continued to pay a lobbying firm owned by John McCain's campaign manager up to and including last month, it emerged last night.

According to news reports, Freddie Mac paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to Davis & Manafort, a firm owned by McCain campaign manager Rick Davis....

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