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Mellon heir defied the odds in 2012 elections

Source: Muckety.com, Dec 10 2012, 1:13pm CST

Superstitious Republicans might want to return campaign donations unopened from banking heir Timothy Mellon. A review of Mellon’s contributions in the 2012 elections shows that he supported three unsuccessful candidates for president and 10 unsuccessfu ...

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Obama nominates 2 Senate aides as SEC commissioners

Source: Los Angeles Times  |   May 25 2013, 2:20am CDT

Kara M. Stein would replace Elisse B. Walter as a Democratic commissioner and Michael S. Piwowar would succeed Troy A. Paredes as a Republican appointee on the five-member commission that oversees the country's capital markets, according to a news re ...

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4 hours ago

Final voting results in Pike County

Source: Pocono Record  |   May 25 2013, 12:06am CDT

Porter Township write-in candidate Cheryl Schmidt will appear on the Republican and Democratic ballots in the November general election. Schmidt received 19 Republican votes and 17 Democratic votes, edging ou ...

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6 hours ago

Sen. McIntyre’s ’78 Defeat Prelude To New Right’s Success

Source: The Moderate Voice  |   May 24 2013, 10:11pm CDT

Tom McIntyre (1915-1992) Photo from the University of New Hampshire Library The New Right had many successes in 1980. Some were overt, while others were true sneak attacks that caught the political community, and the Senator’s themselves, ...

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State Senate election might be headed to runoff

Source: Sacramento Bee  |   May 24 2013, 9:17pm CDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The contest for a southern San Joaquin Valley state Senate seat might be headed to a runoff after the vote margin narrowed Friday. Democratic candidate Leticia Perez had conceded the 16th Senate Distri ...

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Leahy upset immigration bid fails

Source: Bennington Banner  |   May 24 2013, 9:02pm CDT

MONTPELIER -- Sen. Patrick Leahy said Friday he was disappointed he was unsuccessful in his bid to amend immigration reform legislation to protect same-sex couples in which one of the partners is foreign-born. Activists on the issu ...

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State Senate election might be headed to runoff

Source: Fresno Bee  |   May 24 2013, 7:56pm CDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The contest for a southern San Joaquin Valley state Senate seat might be headed to a runoff, after all. Democratic candidate Leticia Perez had conceded the 16th Senate District race to Republican Andy Vidak af ...

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8 hours ago

Out with the old Republicans, in with the new Republicans

Source: Legal Insurrection  |   May 24 2013, 7:40pm CDT

I had read headlines about this speech by Ted Cruz, but watching it finally was even better. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) feuded this week. Then they feuded some more. It wasn’t the first time tensions between the longti ...

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Senate Democrats' 11-10 majority makes big difference in three votes

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com  |   May 24 2013, 7:36pm CDT

CARSON CITY — The importance of Democrats holding a one-vote majority in the Senate was clearly demonstrated Thursday night when they passed three straight bills by 11-10 margins. Two of the bills are designed to increase voter turnout, a step that gener ...

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9 hours ago

The Cruz Missile

Source: Slate  |   May 24 2013, 6:43pm CDT

Sen. Ted Cruz is new to the Senate, and he seems in no hurry to make friends. Sen. Ted Cruz doesn’t have as many friends as he says he does. In the latest round of Cruz’s simmering debate with Sen. John McCain (who labeled Cruz a "wacko bird"), Cr ...

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