Posts Tagged ‘cash’

SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Crapo Campaign Cash Went to Las Vegas Company

Sen. Mike Crapo’s (R-ID) former campaign manager “blames his friend for investing $ 250,000 from donors in a Las Vegas company amid the 2008 global financial crisis, part of a scheme intended to pay off within two months,” the AP reports. Tweet This Post

Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams

NEW YORK (AP) — Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York. Tweet This Post

Obama raises cash for Dems in New York

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading to New York City to raise campaign cash for Democrats. Tweet This Post

Timber! Forest Service asks states to return cash

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Tweet This Post

Liberal PAC has little cash, influence in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The liberal super PAC from Kentucky that incurred the wrath of one of the country's most powerful Republicans is an organization of outsiders that has barely raised any funds toward its stated goal of ousting U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell from office in 2014. Tweet This Post

Pryor Reports Big Cash Haul

Endangered Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) “raised nearly $ 2 million in the first quarter of this year, a financial show of strength his campaign hopes sends a message to state and national Republicans still looking for a candidate to take him on next year,” Politico reports. Tweet This Post

Former Baucus Aides Cash In

New York Times: “To make their case as Congress prepares to debate a rewrite of the nation’s tax code, this diverse set of businesses has at least one strategy in common: they have retained firms that employ lobbyists who are former aides to Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which will have [...]

Consultants Cash In on Palin

John Avlon notes Sarah Palin attempted to relaunch her political career this week with a new video which railed against “the big consultants, the big money men, and the big bad media.” Tweet This Post

Republicans seek farm subsidy cuts, mull food stamps to cash

By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday proposed $ 31 billion in farm subsidy cuts and the conversion of food stamps into a cash benefit program, as a way to help balance the federal budget in 10 years. The proposal, signed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, [...]