Romney corrals hundreds of fundraisers to dial-for-dollars from Las Vegas

By Peter H. Stone

Fundraisers for Mitt Romney hope to raise up to $3 million in a one-day money marathon

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"… small groups of bundlers and rev them up.In 2007, when he began his first White House run, Romney held a call day in Boston with some 400 fundraisers like the e …"

Potential 2012 GOP slow to enlist big-dollar lobbyist bundlers for federal accounts

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

One strong sign of a politician’s interest in the presidential race is always the amount of early money raised. New rules for identifying lo

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"… pokesman declined to comment on this story.According to Public Citizen’s White House for Sale database, at least 193 lobbyists served as major bundlers for pre …"

A civil war of words

By Emma Schwartz and Aaron Mehta

President Obama's call for civility may fall on deaf ears as Republicans and Democrats debate contentious issues like health care and climat

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"… rang familiar, it was no mistake. From his early days campaigning for the White House, Obama has pleaded for more bipartisanship and civility in the political d …"

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DHS report in 2009 warned of "lone wolf" attacks

By Aaron Mehta

Two years before the Tucson massacre, the Department of Homeland Security warned in a report that right wing extremism was on the rise and c

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"… Boehner, now House Speaker.Leading conservatives claimed the report was a White House-directed hit piece — commentator Michelle Malkin derided it as “propag …"

Jay Rockefeller — Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

By Aaron Mehta

John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV, an heir to the great Rockefeller fortune, continues to oversee a vast — and contentious — portfolio as chair o

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"… feller helped produce a difficult compromise between Congress and the Bush White House providing immunity for companies sued as a result of their assistance in a …"

Energy secretary visits Google to talk green energy

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

As the Obama cabinet fans out for official appearances before Nov. 2, its sole Nobel laureate stopped by Silicon Valley to talk up green tec

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"… in a historic, $5 billion offshore wind power transmission project.”The White House did not respond to a request for comment.With close Senate and gubernatori …"

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Obama cabinet officials visit swing districts in final weeks before Nov. 2 election

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Earlier this month in Orlando, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan unveiled a $1.56 million grant to install energy-effici

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"… d Interior Department did not respond to Center requests for comment.Using White House control of federal departments and agencies to aid candidates is a time-ho …"

Stimulating hypocrisy: Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

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"… funds, then followed up with donations to the lawmakers who acquiesced.The White House said it anticipated lawmakers would resort to such a strategy, so Obama is …"

Withdrawn FEC nominee laments “broken” confirmation process

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

In early August, the White House quietly informed the U.S. Senate that it was withdrawing the nomination of labor lawyer John J. Sullivan

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"… cConnell also did not respond to requests for comment. …"

"… e Democratic and one Republican commissioner whose terms have expired. The White House almost always defers to the other party’s Senate leader to select his pa …"

"… t seem to move him.”With no additional Commission nominations from the White House on the horizon, Feingold and McCain unwilling to bend, and a checkered his …"

"… s and e-mails to the offices of Feingold and McCain were not returned. The White House and Republican Senate Leader McConnell also did not respond to requests fo …"

Boehner's pro-business speech reflects campaign contributions

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

House Republican Leader John Boehner’s high-profile speech yesterday urging the Obama administration to fire its top economic advisers and o

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"… eaking in Cleveland, intensified his criticism of what he described as the White House’s “job-killing” agenda and the lack of private sector experience by …"

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