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Seven Things Republicans Were For, Before They Were Against Them
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyI happened to be in the room the day John Kerry said he had voted for a war-financing bill before he voted against it. Republicans appropriated the sentence (uttered at a 2004 town hall for veterans in Huntington, West Virginia) and used it to paint Kerry as a flip-flopper. Six years later, it's a better fit for the GOP than it ever was for him. So many Republicans have changed their ideas on so many major issues that it's hard to keep up. With the return of Congress this week, two of those issues – campaign finance disclosure and climate change – could play out in the Senate over ...
Lisa Murkowski Received $400,000 from Oil and Gas in 8 Years
By David Sessions - Politics DailyOn Thursday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) blocked a bill that would have raised oil companies' "responsibility cap" -- the maximum amount in damages companies must pay for their accidents -- from $75 million to $10 billion. On Friday, Murkowski's office was rebutting critics who were asking whether her opposition to the measure had anything to do with the fact she is a major supporter of offshore drilling who has received $426,989 in campaign donations from the oil and gas industry over her eight-year Senate career. Murkowski is the top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources ...
Harry Reid: Corporate Campaign Finance Bill Vote Before July 4
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe crowded Senate calendar got more jammed Thursday as Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would try to get a vote on legislation requiring more disclosure in corporation-financed political ads before the July 4 recess. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Reid "pledged" that the bill would receive prompt action and "we have designed the proposal so it can take effect by 2010," The Hill Newspaper reported. It is in response to a 5-4 Supreme Court decision in January that lifted most restrictions on campaign commercials produced and paid for by corporations and unions, even when such ads support ...
Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Democrat Van Hollen's Campaign Finance Bill
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyTwo House Republicans have signed on to co-sponsor a bill by Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) that would limit the recent Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited campaign spending by corporations. Reps. Mike Castle of Delaware and Walter Jones of North Carolina will join Van Hollen (pictured) in introducing the bill Thursday, Politico reported. A companion bill drafted by Democrats in the Senate will be unveiled Thursday at the Supreme Court. The White House supports the legislation. The bill would restrict the types of companies that could air campaign ads and require those ...
Sarah Palin's House Hit List: No Money to Favored Candidates So Far
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailySarah Palin put the bull's-eye on 20 U.S. House races on her Facebook page last month, but didn't donate to favored candidates in those districts during the first quarter of the year. Although her SarahPAC took in $400,000 in the first quarter and had more than $900,000 in the bank, it gave only $7,500 to candidates between January and the end of March, plus an additional $2,000 to two other PACs. None went to Republicans in the races she targeted. Instead, she gave to $2,500 to Wisconsin House candidate Sean Duffy, $2,000 to Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, and $1,000 each to Florida ...
Overwhelming Majority Opposes Supreme Court's Campaign Finance Decision
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyA 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 partisanship, the opposition to the decision cuts across Republican, Democratic and independent lines. Sixty-five percent of those polled said they "strongly" opposed the ruling. Only 17 percent strongly or somewhat favored it, with 6 percent in the "strongly" camp. Seventy-two percent favor action by ...
Sandra O'Connor's Choice: What Her Missing Supreme Court Vote Means to Women and America
By Jill Lawrence - Politics Daily"Gosh, I step away for a couple of years and there's no telling what's going to happen," former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor joked recently in a speech at Georgetown University. ...
Key Points and Transcript of President Obama's State of the Union Address
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFollowing are highlights from President Obama's State of the Union address: - We all hated the bank bailout. . . . It was as popular as a root canal. . . . When I ran for president, I promised I wouldn't just do what was popular – I would do what was necessary. And if we had allowed the meltdown of the financial system, unemployment might be double what it is today. More businesses would certainly have closed. More homes would have surely been lost. - I have proposed a fee on the biggest banks. . . . These firms can afford to hand out big bonuses again, they can afford a modest fee to ...
Chaos Theory - Supreme Court: Beacon of Hope
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SCOTUS Ruling on Corporate Political Spending Is a Business Decision
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyA little more than a century ago -- just about at the same time when Congress outlawed all campaign contributions by corporations -- humorist Finley Peter Dunne, channeling the diction of an Irish bartender, shrewdly wrote, "Th' Supreme Coort follows th' election returns." Normally, though, the Supreme Court has the self-restraint to wait more than two days. On Tuesday Massachusetts voters rebelled against special interests, Wall Street bailouts, and one-party rule by vaulting Republican Scott Brown into the Senate. Thursday morning the Supreme Court, by an ideologically predictable 5-to-4 ...
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