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As Chairman of the Democratic National Committee last cycle, Tim Kaine routinely bragged that the DNC did not, and would not, take money from registered lobbyists.   As the Washington Times reported just last month for example: Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine was asked during a television interview last fall how President Obama has changed Washington.  “Let me start with the DNC,” said the former Virginia governor. “We don’t take PAC and lobbyist money.” Well, that turns out not to have been the case.  The non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics reported late this afternoon that under Kaine’s watch a number of registered lobbyists donated money to the DNC last cycle, in violation of the DNC’s publicly-announced policies and in contradiction to Kaine’s repeated statements. Notably, today’s news comes just weeks after it was reported that Kaine is also reversing himself as a candidate for U.S. Senate and accepting the…