It bought mostly heartbreak, but the Democrats’ election campaign panel in the House spent $82 million on 107 congressional races over the last two years. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s funding totals were revealed Friday in an internal memo by chairman Chris Van Hollen, The Wall Street Journal reported. Van Hollen wrote that the money [...]
The GOP, its candidates and related groups spent a whopping $65 million on ads against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the 2010 election cycle — the most money spent targeting a congressional leader in 14 years. The sum, spent from Jan. 1 through last week’s election, paid for 161,203 ads that went after Pelosi, according [...]
It is arguably the world’s most famous office, but it’s doubtful many viewers of President Obama’s address to the nation Tuesday night noticed the makeover the West Wing room got while the president was on vacation. The Oval Office has been redecorated. It’s still round. But in some ways, it looks more like a well-appointed [...]
Summer or not, the news doesn’t stop. BP has finally capped its deepwater oil well; Congress passed financial reform but stalled education reform; and the Afghan war grinds on. But, just because the news doesn’t’ stop doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer that Nat King Cole sang about. That’s [...]
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