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Fundraising Frenzy: It's Now or Never to Raise Campaign Cash
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyIt's fundraising frenzy time in the nation's capital. With the midterm elections less than six weeks away, candidates, special interest groups and Democratic and Republican allies and campaign committees are busy raising money through events with high-profile political figures, direct-mail appeals and e-mails. For candidates to make use of the cash -- from reserving television time to funding get-out-the vote drives -- donors are being pressured now to write the checks or make online donations. Tea Party-backed Christine O'Donnell, the surprise GOP nominee for Senate in the Delaware ...
White House Investing $800 Million to Revive Bankrupt GM Sites
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Obama administration is investing more than $800 million to create jobs and help clean up shuttered auto plants in areas affected by General Motors' bankruptcy. The money will be dispensed to about 90 sites in 14 states, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. It will be used to help find new uses for abandoned factories and pay for property taxes. "The framework announced today is a truly meaningful step in our collective charge to ensure that workers and families in auto communities from coast to coast have the opportunity to take part in my mission of providing good jobs for ...
Obama Tally: Day 16 - More Tax Problems
By Michael Kraskin - Politics DailyI'm more than a little sick of hearing about Obama nominees with tax problems. Can't we have a government filled with folks without questionable morals already? No? Ok. Maybe we'll get some change in another four years.This time it's Hilda Solis, Obama's choice for Labor Secretary. Her husband forgot to pay some taxes or something. You know the story at this point. Click the link below if you really care.Some good news for Obama, though. He expanded the office of faith based initiatives, which he had indicated he wanted to do during the campaign.He also got his choice for deputy defense ...
White House Press Secretary Gets Cute Again
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI'm working on a more detailed analysis of today's White House press briefing, but I wanted to post this first, because it meshes well with my colleague Caleb Howe's earlier commentary on a different part of this press conference.In Caleb's post, Gibbs is glib and evasive with ABC's Jake Tapper over the issue of transparency. To a lesser extent, he gets cute with another reporter who askes him about Hilda Solis' tax issue:(from White House press office, via email) Q Robert, Hilda Solis's husband yesterday paid back 15 liens, some of which dated back 16 years. And granted it's the nominee's -- ...
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