President Barack Obama will keep up the drumbeat of blaming Republicans for not acting to avert the sequestration cuts during an appearance before the National Governors Association today. The delays budget cuts will cause in air travel will be highlighted...
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Travelers wait in line to go through security in the departure hall at San Francisco International Airport.
Washington Daybook: March 1
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Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., is projected during a news conference at the opening of Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Marina Bay Sands Resort & Casino in Singapore.
Super-PACs’ Last Gasp: Mixed
Federal Election Commission reports due last night show a blitz of last-minute super-political action committee action in key Senate and House races. The late investments yielded mixed results. Less than three weeks before Election Day, a super-PAC backing Virginia Senate...
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Sen.-elect Tim Kaine, center, arrives at a freshman Senators luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 13, 2012.
Kaine Forms ‘Common Ground PAC’
Senator-elect Tim Kaine of Virginia is sponsoring a political action committee he’s calling ‘“Common Ground PAC.” As in the common ground that the former Democratic governor said he would seek in a Congress divided over issues including the so-called fiscal...
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U.S. Senator-elect Tim Kaine speaks to his supporters after winning the Virginia U.S. Senate seat, on Nov. 6, 2012 in Richmond, Virginia.
Adelson’s Late $2.5 Million Couldn’t Stop Kaine’s Virginia Win
Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson gave $2.5 million in the waning days of the Nov. 6 election to a Republican super-political action committee that was on the losing side of a key U.S. Senate race in Virginia. The super-PAC, Independence Virginia,...
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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney attends a campaign rally at Ida Lee Park on Oct. 16, 2012 in Leesburg, VA.
Wisconsin, Virginia: Most RNC $
The Republican National Committee sent more than $14 million this month to its affiliates in 28 states led by Wisconsin and Virginia, both key states in the Nov. 6 presidential and U.S. Senate elections. The RNC sent more than $3.3...
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George Allan, who is running for one of Virginia's U.S. Senate seats, speaks at a campaign rally with Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan in Manassas, Virginia.
Adelson Donates $1.5 Million to Virginia Super-PAC Helping Allen
Sheldon Adelson has cut another seven-figure check, this time to a super-political action committee aiding Republican George Allen in Virginia’s competitive Senate race. The billionaire casino executive gave $1.5 million on Oct. 12 to Independence Virginia PAC, which is helping...
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President Barack Obama takes the stage during a campaign event at in Fairfax, Va.
Obama’s Rebound: `Economy Has Come Too Far to Turn Back Now’
Updated with Romney reaction at 12:15 pm EDT “This morning we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since I took office,” President Barack Obama said today at a campaign rally in Virginia. “Today’s news...
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Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during the Democratic National Convention.
Virginia Democrat Kaine Touts Work With Bush in Senate Ad
In the 2006 and 2008 elections, it wasn’t hard to find Democratic television ads attacking George W. Bush, who had poor approval ratings at the end of his eight-year presidency. Now comes Tim Kaine, the Democratic nominee for a U.S....
Read more »Democratic Candidates for Congress Speaking at Convention Today
Democrats are showcasing some candidates for Congress tonight as their national convention begins in Charlotte, North Carolina. In most cases, the candidates are running in Democratic-friendly areas where an association with President Barack Obama or the national party isn’t a...
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President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2012.
Obama: `Battle-Tested,’ Saying So
There was no talk of the war in Afghanistan in Republican Mitt Romney’s speech accepting his party’s presidential nomination. There will be plenty of talk about war, and peace, in Charlotte this week. ”You’re going to hear about it from...
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