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Jim DeMint and Marco Rubio, in Sync and on the Road in South Carolina
By Mary C. Curtis
To hear South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint tell it, it started with a conversation about a week after Marco Rubio, a former speaker of the Florida House, announced his challenge to popular Gov. Charlie Crist in that state's GOP Senate primary. Back in May, it was "David and Goliath," DeMint said ...
GOP Donor Backs Off After RNC Fund-Raising Appeal
By Mary C. CurtisA Republican donor "ashamed" of a recent controversial GOP fund-raising presentation says that he "will no longer contribute" to any organized Party effort, reports Politico. ...
GOP Money Plan: Donors Are Motivated by 'Fear' of Obama's 'Evil Empire'
By Tom Diemer
A Republican Party fundraising plan recommends belittling President Obama and Democratic leaders as actors in an "Evil Empire" and mocking them as comic book caricatures who, if left unchecked, will lead the country to socialism, Politico reports. The 72-page document amounts to a draft battle plan ...
Ethics Panel Rejects Complaint Against Seven Lawmakers in Earmark Probe
By Tom Diemer
The House Ethics Committee has cleared seven lawmakers accused of steering hundreds of milions of dollars worth of govenment contracts -- "earmarks" -- to firms represented by a lobbying outfit that gave them all campaign contributions, The investigation by the House Committee on Standards of ...
Wall Street Political Donations Move to GOP
By Christopher WeberPolitical donations from Wall Street firms are increasingly going to Republicans after Democrats promised to crack down on lending practices, outsize profits, and fat executive bonuses, according to new research. The Center for Responsive Politics found that banks and their workers gave nearly ...
CPAC Gets Younger, Hipper, More High-Tech
By Matt Lewis
Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, and Liz (and Dick) Cheney gave big speeches on the opening day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) -- and Glenn Beck closed it to a rousing ovation, but just as interesting as the speakers on stage was the ages of the people sitting in the seats, ...
Black Caucus Disputes Story on Corporate Ties, Fundraising Practices
By Tom DiemerBlack lawmakers are raising a ruckus about a recent New York Times story questioning the Congressional Black Caucus' ties to corporate interests -- some of them accused of exploitative practices in African-American communities, Politico reports. The caucus' chairwoman, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), ...
Obama Swings West to Raise Cash for Sen. Michael Bennet, Other Dems
By Sandra Fish
President Obama defended stimulus spending and advocated for health care reform Thursday while attending a pair of Denver fundraisers for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. It's the third February in a row that Obama's visited the city. In 2008, he packed a University of Denver auditorium on a campaign ...
Should the Senate Return to Old-Style Filibusters?
By Jeffrey Weiss
Once upon a time, boys and girls, the Senate filibuster was not the bloodless procedural agreement we have today. No, sir (or madam). Minority senators who wanted to hold the podium had to grip that lectern and keep on actually talking. The official U.S. Senate Web site takes note of those halcyon ...
Overwhelming Majority Opposes Supreme Court's Campaign Finance Decision
By Bruce DrakeA vast majority of Americans -- 80 percent -- oppose last month's Supreme Court ruling that lifted restrictions on corporate and union spending in political elections, according to a Washington Post/ABC News conducted Feb. 4-8. Though most other areas of national politics may be paralyzed by ...
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