Obama leads Romney in fund raising by ten to one
Obama and the Democratic Party raised about 53 million during March while Romney and his party pulled in roughly half that sum. Crossroads and Restore Our Future super PACs dominated outside spending as fundraising expands ahead of the general election.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Massachusetts
Obama
Romney
Republican Party
American Crossroads
Crossroads Gps
Restore Our Future Super Pac
PAC
Federal Election Commission
Republican National Committee
GOP
Crossroads
Priorities USA Action
Las Vegas
Sheldon Adelson
Gingrich
Adelson
Huron Carbon LLC
West Palm Beach
Fla
Super Pac
Oxbow Carbon LLC
William Koch
Huron Carbon
Great Lakes Carbon
Oxbow
pro-Romney
Koch
Charles and
David Koch
Richard
J.W
Bill” Marriott
Romneys
Kenneth C. Griffin
Chicago
Restore Our Future
Republicans lead outside spending in key races in Missouri
Outside groups backing Republicans have outspent pro Democrats in Missouri by about seven to one as Sen. Claire McCaskill faces a flood of independent ads. McCaskill has 6 million in the bank and 2.3 million raised since January, while VoteVets spent 200000 on pro McCaskill ads in Kansas City and St Louis.
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Washington
Missouri
Claire McCaskill
McCaskill
Senate
VoteVets
Kansas City
St. Louis
Ted
Ohio
Justin Barasky
Sherrod Brown
Brown
Michael Becker
Center For Public Integrity
Barack Obama
Steve Murphy
Michael Kelly
Democratic Party
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies
Karl Rove
60 Plus Association
Christie Lautenberg clash heats up New Jersey politics
Governor Chris Christie and Senator Frank Lautenberg trade sharp accusations in a prolonged feud. The exchanges span health care, university consolidation, a canceled tunnel project, and a Washington hearing, with both sides escalating rhetoric and a Star-Ledger editorial urging cooperation.
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Chris Christie
Frank Lautenberg
Lautenberg
Christie
Dick Cheney
The
Star-Ledger
America
New Jersey
New York
Senate
Washington
Bill Baroni
Port Authority of
Manhattan
Baroni
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Robert Torricelli
WOR
Sen. Lautenberg
D-N.j
Lincoln Park
N.J
Ex-DeLay aide Tony Rudy gets five months in halfway house
Tony Rudy former deputy chief of staff to Tom DeLay received a five month half?way house sentence in the Abramoff influence peddling probe. He pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff to accept gifts for favors and helped lobby for clients while as a staffer and later as a lobbyist. He cooperated with prosecutors leading to multiple convictions. He criticized for the $50 000 payment to his wife described as a low show job.
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Washington
Tom DeLay
Jack Abramoff
Tony Rudy
DeLay
Abramoff
Rudy
U.S
Ellen Huvelle
Texas
California
Huvelle
Team
Congress
Congressional
Tampa
Fla
House
Senate
Scotland
Bob Ney
Rohio
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