Together North Texas lawmakers raised nearly $1.6 million for their campaign funds during the first three months of 2009, according to new campaign-finance reports. Here's a rundown. table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td...
CQ reports today that Rep. Joe Barton, R-Arlington, has been mauled by the bear (market) as badly as anyone. Barton's campaign fund reported losses of $703,500 in stock investments last year. The D.C. news service reports those are technically paper...
Buried deep in Illinois campaign reports was a listing for a $44,846.03 given by Dallas' Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to corruption-tainted and now-arrested Gov. Rod Blagojevich. That seemed crazy strange because the Komen folks don't usually play in...
The financial balance of power in the U.S. Senate race hasn't changed. Incumbent Republican John Cornyn appears to have enough money to stay on TV all over the state through Election Day, while Democratic challenger Rick Noriega has under a...
Each year, members of Congress sponsor a nationwide high school arts competition. It's an outreach effort that permits members of Congress, including some of our locals, to connect with constituents: there is a winner for each congressional district, and the...
He tells us why here, essentially arguing that the only way to change politics is to opt out of a "broken system." And he shrewdly tells his supporters, I can't do this if you don't help me, ensuring another round...
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