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Jan Brewer PAC Gets Huge Boost From Sheldon Adelson

Source: The Huffington Post, Dec 12 2012, 12:24pm CST

Sheldon Adelson And Family (R) Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate, and his family have combined to give $53.69 million to super PACs in the 2012 election cycle. At first, Adelson pumped money into Winning ...

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House GOP raps Dems for taking IRS union cash, but Republicans took the money, too

Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise  |   May 18 2013, 3:34am CDT

WASHINGTON - Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers - including North Country Rep. Bill Owens - who accepted donations from t ...

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11 hours ago

Highlights from around the Capitol

Source: San Antonio Express  |   May 17 2013, 6:48pm CDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A deal on a Texas budget is finally done. Now the Legislature must withstand one final and furious week without sinking a compromise that restores nearly $4 billion to public schools and puts more water in the pipeline amid a hi ...

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13 hours ago

Republicans try to make issue of IRS PAC contributions

Source: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio  |   May 17 2013, 4:43pm CDT

In the wake of news that the Internal Revenue Service gave extra scrutiny to groups affiliated with the tea party, the fundraising committees for House and Senate Republicans are tying several Minnesota Democrats ...

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New Measure for State Water Plan Heads to the House Floor

Source: State Impact Texas  |   May 17 2013, 4:29pm CDT

Only a very small percentage of bills filed in each Legislative session are adopted into law. A revised version of a plan to pay for Texas water projects is heading for the House floor. Senate Joint Resolution 1 would amend ...

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Pressure building on Saturday's expected unionization vote

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   May 17 2013, 4:20pm CDT

Supporters and opponents of a unionization bill are gearing up for an expected Saturday vote in the Minnesota House. The pressure is on House members as they look at approval of the measure that is a top prior ...

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14 hours ago

$800 million bonding bill fails in Minnesota House

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   May 17 2013, 3:37pm CDT

A $800 million bonding bill, loaded with infrastructure projects for every corner of the state, went down in flames in the Minnesota House on Friday. The vote means there will be no funds to repair the crumbling state Capitol, or to expand three r ...

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16 hours ago

House bill to have more stringent immigrant controls: aides

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 17 2013, 1:20pm CDT

A group of illegal immigrants, who handed themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol, sit in a restaurant in Encino, Texas March 29, 2013. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan plan brokered in the House of Representatives will be tougher ...

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19 hours ago

Jeremy Bird: South Carolina Not a Real 'Comeback' Story

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 17 2013, 10:22am CDT

(Special post jointly-written by Jeremy Bird and Andrew Claster) Since last Tuesday's special election in South Carolina's first congressional district, political pundits and countless publications have hailed Mar ...

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19 hours ago

House Votes to Fully Repeal Obamacare

Source: The New Media Journal  |   May 17 2013, 10:04am CDT

The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. With implementation of Obamacare set to begin later this year, the vote is largely symbolic. The Senate is highly unlikely to even take up a ...

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21 hours ago

Bills without a prayer fill House agenda with lost causes

Source: The News-Herald  |   May 17 2013, 8:13am CDT

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accompanied by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington. WASHINGTON — As the Senate ...

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