Former U.S. Representative Alan Grayson of Florida, trying to return to Congress, has taken a page from the old National Lampoon magazine — as well as piggybacked on the saga of Seamus, the Irish setter that is a bane of...
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Rep. Alan Grayson
Shades of Seamus in Democrat’s Money Pitch
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Sister Simone Campbell, right, executive director of Network, with Sister Lorraine Schmaltz, of Ames, Iowa, during a stop on the first day of a nine-state Nuns on the Bus tour on June 18, 2012.
‘Nuns on the Bus’ Takes on Ryan Budget Supporters
A group of Roman Catholic nuns is on a bus tour of nine states to highlight their opposition to House Republican Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget plan that cuts programs benefiting the poor including Medicaid and food stamps. The...
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A Mitt Romney supporter during a campaign event at Scamman Farm on June 15, 2012 in Stratham, New Hampshire.
Super-PAC’s Ohio P.O. Box Donors Traced to Auto Supplier CEO
Two contributions for $333,333 and one for $333,334. All dated May 22. From three companies listing the same Dayton, Ohio, post-office box. That’ll catch the eye. Together, the checks amounted to the largest contribution last month to Restore Our Future,...
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A TD Ameritrade office in New York.
Billionaire Ricketts Sole Donor of ‘Ending Spending’ Super-PAC
Ending Spending Action Fund, a super-PAC active in elections in Nebraska and Wisconsin, could well be called the Joe Ricketts Action Fund. That’s because Ricketts, the billionaire founder of what is now TD Ameritrade, was the sole named donor to...
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GOP Appropriators Won’t Fight Political Ad Disclosure Rule After All
House Republicans dropped plans to block a government regulation forcing television stations to publish online the details of political-advertising purchases. The House Appropriations Committee today agreed to delete provisions targeting the rule from a spending bill that would provide $323...
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Beer Drinkers Reach for Cans
Beer Drinkers Reach for Cans
Data Mine: Beer Cans a Sign of the (Bad Economic) Times
For a nice cold brew to go with their nice cold economy, more Americans are switching to cans. Bloomberg’s Ilan Kolet’s chart of the day shows a correlation between a choppy economy and an increase in sales of beer in...
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A McDonald's restaurant in New York.
Levy: Obama Needs McDonald’s Fundraiser for Wall Street
Barack Obama has lost another supporter from private equity. Paul Levy, a managing director at JLL Partners, voted for Obama in 2008 but now says that if the president were a company, he would not invest in it. Levy told...
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Shoppers in Santa Monica, California.
Magic Number of the Day: 45
That’s the share of respondents to a Bloomberg National Poll who said they are better off than they were when President Barack Obama was inaugurated, compared with 36 percent who said they are worse off and 17 percent who said...
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the ongoing Operation Fast and Furious investigation.
Washington Daybook: Fast and Furious, With a Twist
It’s showdown time at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Republicans are threatening a vote to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress at a hearing of the panel today unless he turns over more documents...
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Florida Governor Rick Scott during the Governor's Hurricane Conference in Fort Lauderdale.
Florida’s Scott Gets an ‘A for Strangeness’
The former private-equity executive turned governor of Florida is having some trouble, and it may be hurting Mitt Romney. The approval rating of Florida’s Republican governor Rick Scott hasn’t gone above 41 percent in Quinnipiac University polls, and Bloomberg’s Michael...
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