The super-PACs fighting the re-election of select Democratic senators have attempted to tie President Barack Obama to his party’s senators. “Obama-care?” asks the Crossroads GPS ad targeting Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill. “More like Obama-Claire.” Now it’s free enterprise itself that’s...
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President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Sen. Claire McCaskill in St. Louis.
Free Enterprise: `America Again’
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Engineers and developers work at President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago.
2012 Gold Rush: Millions to be Made
From the first in a series about a costly election: Making Millionaires: The 2012 Gold Rush Four years ago, Michael Beach was toiling inside the Republican National Committee, overseeing a voter-turnout operation that was overrun by President Barack Obama’s technology-driven grassroots army....
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White wood crosses erected for victims who were killed during last weekend's mass shooting at Century 16 movie theater, July 22, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado.
Obama, Boehner: A ‘Senseless’ Loss
“We join President Obama” — remarkable words, lately, from House Speaker John Boehner. They come at a time at which both the president of the United States and his most prominent adversary on Capitol Hill agree on a few things....
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Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Big Checks from Big Names Bankroll Romney-Backing Super-PAC
Restore Our Future, a super-PAC supporting Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign for president, amassed $20.7 million in June largely through big checks from familiar Republican donors. More than 60 percent of the money came from just three wealthy families, today’s Federal...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Washington.
Republican Leaders, Super-PACs Shape North Carolina House Runoff
A runoff election for a House seat today between two North Carolina Republicans is unusual for the intervention of party leaders and outside groups. Richard Hudson, a former chief of staff to three House members, is the preferred candidate of...
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Sen. John McCain
McCain: ‘Mark my Words’ — Campaign Finance ‘Scandal Not Far’
For years, John McCain’s name was synonymous with campaign finance reform. Bruised by his exposure to a scandal in his early years as a senator involving Arizona businessman Charles Keating, a generous campaign contributor who sought help with federal banking...
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Mitt Romney in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: $140.3 million
That’s how much money that a joint fundraising committee aiding Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and allied political committees raised in April, May and June, it said yesterday in a filing to the Federal Election Commission in Washington. The committee,...
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Mitt Romney at Newark Town Square on June 17, 2012 in Ohio.
Pro-Romney Super-PAC Raises Record $20 Million
The marquee super-PACs in the presidential election each saw record fundraising last month, a sign that big donors are becoming more comfortable with them. Restore Our Future, backing presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, raised $20 million in June, spokeswoman Brittany...
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Rescue crews with the wreckage of two Red Line Metrorail trains that collided with one another between the Fort Totten and Takoma Park stations on June 22, 2009 in Washington.
Washington Daybook
President Obama makes a campaign stop today at Cincinnati’s Music Hall, site of the 1880 Democratic National Convention that saw Gettysburg war hero Gen. Winfield Hancock selected to run for president against James Garfield. Obama then returns to Washington to...
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Rep. Chris Van Hollen, right, Rep. Keith Ellison, left, and Rep. Steve Israel, speak about theDISCLOSE act on Capitol Hill.
Senate to Vote on Disclosure of Political Ad Funding
Campaign finance reform groups expect a Senate vote this morning on a motion to advance legislation requiring disclosure of donors to groups that are spending millions of dollars on political ads in the run-up to the 2012 elections. Reformers aren’t...
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