The same number of people that would constitute the guest list at a small wedding gave about 30 percent of the money being spent to determine the next leader of the free world. And about half of the money raised so far has come from slightly more than 100 families.Source: The campaign money mess...
‘Fewer than 400 families are responsible for almost half the money raised in the 2016 presidential campaign, a concentration of political donors that is unprecedented in the modern era,” the New York Times breathlessly reported last Sunday.Source: GOP Campaign Spending 2016 : Big Money is Nothing New...
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's appearance in Thursday night's GOP debate in Cleveland just made it harder for him to run as an independent candidate for president. As expected, Thursday night’s Republican debates on Fox News featured plenty of fireworks from frontrunner Donald Trump.Source: A Trump independent run got harder Thursday night...
Campaign finance systems in the US and the UK have provoked similar controversial discussions over the past few years especially due to reforms introduced in both jurisdictions by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002 in the US and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendum Act (PPSource: Campaign finance in the US and the UK: A comparative assessment...
WASHINGTON — President Obama used the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Thursday to urge Congress to restore key elements of the law, arguing that court decisions and state statutes that discourage “certain kinds of foSource: Obama Urges Restoring Voting Rights Provisions...
Cleveland, Ohio — Gov. Scott Walker says he didn't know he was a target of the now-closed John Doe probe until this week, when newly released court documents showed he was under investigation for misconduct in office.Source: Scott Walker says he didn't know he was a John Doe target...
I burned the midnight oil Wedenesday and got up early yesterday to finish reading the Senate Finance Committee’s snappily titled report - The Internal Revenue Service’s Processing Of 501(c)(3) And 501(c)(4) Applications For Tax-exempt Status Submitted By “Political AdvocSource: Bristol Palin At Heart Of IRS Scandal - Who Knew?...
The following is a transcript of the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News at 9 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. Transcript provided by Fox News. SPEAKERS: SEN. MARCO RUBIO, R-FLA.Source: Transcript of the 2015 GOP debate (9 pm)...
More stories about Politics, United States, Donald Trump, Trump family, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Arkansas, Nationality, Republican Party presidential candidatesSource: In Republican debate, little talk about big money...
