Even before she is sworn into office as Hawaii’s newest U.S. senator, Mazie Hirono has set up a leadership political action committee, Pineapple PAC, which allows her to take in donations beyond the contributions to her campaign committee. Hirono, now...
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Rep. Jerry Lewis walks to work with his Bichon Frise and Poodle mix, Bruin, who is named after the UCLA mascot.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 212
That’s how many fewer total years that California’s incoming 53-member House delegation has served in the chamber as compared with January 2011. The 53 California House members who will take office Jan. 3, when the 113th Congress begins, will have...
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Julian Castro, mayor of San Antonio, left, waves with his brother, Representative Joaquin Castro, a Democrat from Texas, at the Democratic National Convention.
Leadership PAC-Armed Freshmen: Instant Access for Newcomers
They haven’t been assigned an office, hired a staff or even received their membership pin, yet many of those elected to the House yesterday already have jumped into the Washington-insider fundraising game. At least seven House freshmen-to-be have established so-called...
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