Posts Tagged ‘Raises’

Spying on Reporters Raises Spectre of Big Brother

New Yorker: “If the three-strikes rule were in effect, President Obama would be heading for the dugout, bat in hand. First the alleged Benghazi cover-up, then the kerfuffle about the I.R.S. targeting conservative groups, and now the revelation that earlier this year the Justice Department secretly seized two months of phone records involving editors and [...]

Syping on Reporters Raises Spectre of Big Brother

New Yorker: “If the three-strikes rule were in effect, President Obama would be heading for the dugout, bat in hand. First the alleged Benghazi cover-up, then the kerfuffle about the I.R.S. targeting conservative groups, and now the revelation that earlier this year the Justice Department secretly seized two months of phone records involving editors and [...]

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

GOP’s Rand Paul raises profile with eye on 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul says he's only "considering" running for president. But he's doing much more than mull it over. Tweet This Post

Court won’t stop judges from getting raises

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t stop some federal judges from getting cost-of-living increases promised to them by Congress but never paid. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Obama’s Former Campaign Raises $4.8 Million

Organizing for Action, the nonprofit group formed from the vestiges of President Obama’s campaign apparatus, announced today that it has raised over $ 4.8 million in the first quarter of 2013. The group emailed supporters this morning to say that 109,582 donors have given an average… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Independent Obama group raises $4.8 million in first quarter

By Gabriel Debenedetti WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The advocacy group dedicated to promoting President Barack Obama’s agenda said more than 100,000 donors pitched in to give it just under $ 5 million in the first quarter of 2013, as it publicized its fundraising numbers for the first time. Organizing For Action, which operates independently from the [...]

OFA Raises $4.8M; Franken Leads Latest FEC Reports; Rubio Embraces Immigration Reform

WHAT’S NEWS . . .The Senate voted to overcome a GOP-led filibuster “against tougher gun laws, clearing the way” for debate on “a package of proposals” sought by Pres. Obama “in the aftermath of the Connecticut school massacre.” The vote “followed a breakthrough” deal between Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) (CNN).Organizing for [...]

Chained CPI raises taxes on low-income earners

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