Is Penny Pritzker the wealthiest person ever to be nominated to the president’s Cabinet? No. The Chicago businesswoman, philanthropist and political fundraiser has a personal net worth estimated at more than $1.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That’s...
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President Barack Obama, left, greets Penny Pritzker, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pritzker Realty Group LLC and Obama's nominee as secretary of commerce, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2013.
Pritzker’s Wealth in Perspective
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Rosemary Edwards of Austin, Texas and Steve Monisteri talk with Texas Gov. Rick Perry during the third day of the Republican National Convention.
Rick Perry’s Two Reasons for 2012 — Remembering Both of Them
Rick Perry offers some humility and blames a sore back when you talk to him about his 2012 presidential bid. He also sounds a bit like he’s thinking about running again. In a Bloomberg News interview in Chicago, Perry said...
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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center at National Harbor, Md., on March 15, 2013.
Ryan: No Slow-Down on Immigration
Hurry up or slow down with that immigration overhaul? What would Mitt Romney do? Or perhaps more pointedly going forward, Paul Ryan? Slow down, some of the Republican Party’s leaders were saying last week, in the midst of the hunt,...
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York headquarters
Fed’s Employment Trigger Too High?
Since December, Fed policy makers have said they will hold their benchmark interest rate near zero until the unemployment rate falls to 6.5 percent. Research by a couple of their colleagues implies they should wait until it’s even lower. The...
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Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District seat, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 77
That’s how many women presently serve in the U.S. House. The 77 women — 58 Democrats and 19 Republicans — account for 18 percent of the 432 members currently serving in the 435-seat chamber, which has three vacancies. The number...
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State and budget proposals at The City College of New York on February 6, 2013 in New York City.
Cuomo: ‘Never Waste a Crisis’ — Where We’ve Heard That Before
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, channeling his inner Rahm Emanuel, doesn’t want to let a good scandal go to waste. Two New York lawmakers were arrested last week in separate corruption cases. A third lawmaker said he’d resign after pleading...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. departs the federal courthouse after testifying in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in this file photo.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 81%
That’s the vote share President Barack Obama received last November in Illinois’ 2nd congressional district, where a special Democratic primary today will determine the likely successor to former Democratic Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. The district includes some of Obama’s...
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The King College Prep band plays as the hearse carrying the body of Hadiya Pendleton arrives at Cedar Park Cemetery in Riverdale, Illinois, on February 9, 2013.
Mayors Take Aim at the Possible: Background Checks for Gun-Buyers
The tragedy of the narrative is breathtaking. The pragmatism of the political calculation is sobering: Hadiya Pendleton, 15, performed with her Chicago high school band at President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration. She was gunned down in Chicago a week later....
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Community members hold a candle light vigil at Harsh park to honor Hadiya Pendleton on Feb. 1, 2013 in Chicago.
Michelle Obama Attending Chicago Shooting-Victim’s Funeral
Fifteen-year-old Hadiya Pendleton attended President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration. First lady Michelle Obama will attend the girl’s funeral. The trip home to Chicago for the first lady comes as the president is embroiled in a debate with Congress about curbing gun...
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Andrew Holmes hands out flyers offering a $40,000 reward for the arrest of the killer of Hadiya Pendleton, on Feb. 2, 2013 in Chicago.
Gun-Plagued Chicago: Won’t You Come Home, President Obama?
As gun violence plagues Chicago, an editorial and a news story in President Barack Obama’s hometown newspapers this week have called on him to come home to help address the city’s shootings and murder problem. An editorial in today’s Chicago...
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Al Hunt
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Mark Silva
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Gregory Giroux
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Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
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Richard Rubin
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis
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Lisa Lerer
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John McCormick
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Margaret Talev
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Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
