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NewTelegram.com By : Staff Reporting
In one of his first visits to the city since winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey told a crowd of supporters gathered yesterday afternoon in the Straight Up Cafe that he is running on what makes Massachusetts special.
“What the Patrick-Murray administration has done is nothing short of a national example,” he said. - More
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Politico By : Staff Reporting
Newark mayor and New Jersey Senate hopeful Cory Booker made $1.3 million from nearly 90 paid speeches over the last five years, according to financial disclosure filings his aides made public Friday.
It’s the first time Booker, who has been criticized for traveling out of the state for such speeches, has given an accounting of the income. - More
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NBC News By : Staff Reporting
There’s never been much love lost between Attorney General Eric Holder and Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California – who heads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
The tension between the two men was on full display Wednesday, when Holder flatly labeled Issa’s conduct during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee “shameful.” - More
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CNN By : Staff Reporting
Rep. Jason Chaffetz reiterated Tuesday that the impeachment of President Barack Obama is possible as the White House faces scrutiny over its role in responding to the terror attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.
“Look, it's not something I'm seeking,” the Republican congressman from Utah said on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.” - More
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Boston Herald By : Staff Reporting
U.S. Senate Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez thumbed his nose at Newt Gingrich’s advice and is
embracing the GOP party, rather than running away from it, and plans to campaign with U.S. Sen. John
McCain in the Bay State next week.
“I am honored to have the U.S. senator stand by my side,” Gomez said yesterday, adding that he won’t return the $5,000 that Gingrich gave him from the former U.S. House speaker’s new political action committee the American Legacy PAC. - More
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Washington Post By : Staff Reporting
Everyone knows that Barack Obama can put together a winning coalition in a presidential election. He did it twice.
What’s less clear is whether the Democratic Party and its 2016 presidential nominee will be able to build a coalition that resembles the one Obama assembled in 2008 and masterfully re-created four years later. - More
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CNN By : Staff Reporting
He may work in the nation's capital, but it's Sen. Rand Paul's upcoming itinerary that might tell us his ultimate goal.
The Republican from Kentucky makes stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada over the next few months.
Those four states kick off the presidential primary and caucus calendar. - More
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The Hill By : Staff Reporting
Ask Speaker John Boehner a question on a key issue these days, and you’re likely to get a variation of the same response:
Talk to someone else.
The Speaker has maintained a lower-key presence in recent months, largely avoiding the spotlight and abandoning the deal-making ambitions of his first two years in office. - More
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Galveston County By : Staff Reporting
Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016.
Democratic and Republican strategists sharply disagree on the issue's power to influence elections next year and beyond. - More
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Politico By : Staff Reporting
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has raised just under $6.2 million for his reelection bid, his campaign announced Monday.
The first-term governor raised a total $6,166,158 as of May 3, the campaign said, including donations from 14,260 individual donors across all 50 states. - More
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