State Senator Malcolm A. Smith is accused of making payments to a city councilman as part of a bid to get on the mayoral ballot in New York, a criminal complaint said. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
With little fanfare Thursday, the Senate agreed to suspend the nation’s $16.4 trillion debt ceiling until May 19, postponing the specter of default that threatened the nation as early as February. The vote was 64-34. It now heads to the White House for President Barack Obama’s expected signature. (Also on POLITICO: Debt ceiling fix could… Original post on politico.com Comments on reddit.com
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday amplified her support for a constitutional solution to the debt-ceiling increase. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday amplified her support for a constitutional solution to the debt-ceiling increase. Original post on hillnews.com Comments on reddit.com
It has been four long winters since the federal government, in the hulking, shaven-skulled, Alien Nation-esque form of then-Treasury Secretary Hank Pa Original post on rollingstone.com Comments on reddit.com
As of this writing, every single state except Hawai’i has finalized its vote totals for the 2012 House elections, and Democrats currently lead Republicans by 1,362,351 votes in the overall popular vote total. Democratic House candidates earned 49.15 percent of the popular vote, while Republicans earned only 48.03 percent — meaning that the American people [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
The struggle over how to reach a broad Congressional tax agreement is not just the latest partisan showdown but rather the culmination of two years of escalating fiscal confrontations. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Babones argues American politics has swung violently to the right. Original post on truth-out.org Comments on reddit.com
fiscal-cliff deal. the fiscal cliff. Original post on hillnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Floridians endured election chaos and marathon voting lines this year, largely thanks to reduced early voting hours, voter purges, and voter registration restrictions pushed by Republican legislators. In an exclusive report by the Palm Beach Post, several prominent Florida Republicans are now admitting that these election law changes were geared toward suppressing minority and Democratic [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
State Representative Debbie Riddle (R – 150) loves the word ‘integrity.’ She was also a big supporter of recent Bill HB 16, which would have required Texas voters to present proof of identification. “Y’see, that’s very important Original post on crooksandliars.com Comments on reddit.com
We’re not getting Obama on the ballot until Malia is ready 2012 was extraordinarily important election because it decided whether ObamaCare would be maimed before it could even go into effect… Original post on eclectablog.com Comments on reddit.com
Germany is leading a growing European movement to let newspaper publishers charge internet search engines for displaying links to their articles — a move market-leader Google warns could cause an internet news blackout, the Financial Times reports. Original post on cnbc.com Comments on reddit.com
In Florida, in 2008 8.4 million people voted; in 2010 only 5.3 million did. Margin of victory for Rick Scott? 1.2%. Original post on politicususa.com Comments on reddit.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. said he will try and revive stalled cybersecurity legislation on the heels of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s warning that the U. Original post on hillnews.com Comments on reddit.com
America’s stockmarket has gained more under Democratic than Republican presidents Original post on economist.com Comments on reddit.com
Americans have a clear choice between two presidential candidates with starkly different ideas for spurring the economy, providing for the health of our people, defending our interests abroad, educating our children and protecting our environment. We believe that President Barack Obama’s progress on these issues merits him a second term in the White House. Original post on journalnow.com Comments on reddit.com
Thousands of Democrats in Riverside County, California, were surprised to discover that they had been recently re-registered as Republicans. Shenanigans! Original post on addictinginfo.org Comments on reddit.com
It is a point of frustration to Democrats that much of the public seems unimpressed by the litany of legislation signed into law in the first two years of President Obama’s term. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Why has brazen lying become intrinsic to GOP strategy? Because the party’s actual agenda is so unpopular, so unworkable and so dangerous. Original post on thenation.com Comments on reddit.com
Are Democratic presidents better than Republican presidents at job creation? Former President Bill Clinton said so — forcefully — in his speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. “Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24,” Clinton said. “In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what’s the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million).” In the packed convention hall, it was one of the night’s biggest applause lines. In 2010, we checked a similar claim from Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who… Original post on politifact.com Comments on reddit.com
Tampa’s strip clubs prepare for the GOP convention. A strip club trade group says Republicans spend three times more than Democrats. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Track the election with a red/blue map of the US updated daily using the latest state polls. Original post on electoral-vote.com Comments on reddit.com
The vote ended The vote ends GOP’s chances of extending the rates for all incomes; Senate will also vote on a Democratic plan. The Senate rejected the Republican proposal for extending the Bush-era tax rates in a straight up-or-down vote Wednesday. Original post on hillnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Senate Democrats on Monday lost another attempt to pass legislation forcing donors of groups that bankroll most election ads to be revealed. But Democrats, led by New York Sen. Charles Schumer, pledged to hold the Senate floor hostage and continue the debate well into the night. The DISLCOSE Act, which was dealt the same fate in the Senate in 2010,… Original post on politico.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! Finance: The highest earning Americans would pay a top rate of 23.8 percent for capital gains and dividends next year under a $272 billion, one-year extension of tax cuts that Senate Democrats are circulating among… Original post on yahoo.com Comments on digg.com
