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Giffords pleads for gun curbs; NRA fights back
Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotional hearing Wednesday to act quickly to curb ...
Clinton supporters form super PAC in case she runs
Some grass-roots supporters of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have formed a super PAC to help a potential Clinton presidential campaign in ...
Big party for Democrats, quiet reflection for GOP
For many Republicans, this is a good weekend to get away from it all. With hundreds of thousands of Democrats traveling to nation's capital for ...
New nonprofit to promote Obama agenda
In an unprecedented move, President Barack Obama's vaunted political organization is being turned into a nonprofit group — funded in part by corporate ...
Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort
Tuesday was not just a day for Tucson to remember the victims of the deadly shooting that severely injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. It was ...
Shadowy donor behind record 'super' PAC checks
A lawyer in Tennessee who is mysteriously linked to millions of dollars in campaign contributions steered to congressional candidates doubled his ...
Corporate money to help pay for Obama inauguration
In a reversal from four years ago, President Barack Obama will accept unlimited sums of money from corporations and individuals to pay for events ...
Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donations
Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their ...
$2 billion price tag for presidential election
The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according ...
Tea party group chief quits, cites internal split
Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential Republican fundraiser, former GOP House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left the ...
GOP groups taking stock after $380 million loss
Republican-leaning independent groups were supposed to be a key to victory for Mitt Romney. But they ended up being among the big losers of the ...
GOP likely to hold House after $1B campaign
You can do a lot with a billion dollars — but still not change much. This Election Day, it's likely to produce another Republican-led House that's ...
Mass. Sen. hopefuls have spent $68M on race so far
Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren ramped up their voter outreach efforts Thursday as new campaign fundraising ...
Bloomberg PAC makes biggest buy yet - in Florida
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's political committee is making its biggest expenditure to date in this year's congressional campaigns, spending ...
Gingrich: Akin win could rebuke GOP establishment
Still mourning the death of her mother, Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill returned to campaigning Wednesday as Republican challenger Todd Akin ...
Billionaires, shadowy groups fuel pricey election
Billionaires, anonymous donors and shadowy outside groups funneled enormous amounts of money into this year's federal elections, as the cost of the ...
Political ads gear up for final push of campaign
The campaign ad crush has intensified and expanded in the final week of the presidential contest, with President Barack Obama, Republican challenger ...
Democratic PAC buys $180K in anti-DesJarlais ads
A national political action committee on Monday launched $180,000 worth of television ads against Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais, who is ...
Mystery firm formed days before $5M campaign gift
A shadowy Tennessee company donated more than $5 million to a prominent conservative super political action committee days after establishing itself.
Report: Super PAC, party ad spending nearly on par
Outside groups have spent nearly the same as political parties in about two dozen competitive elections this year, a new report found. Super PACs and ...
Super PACs meet solo PACs
The latest trend in an election year marked by gushers of money? Big spenders going solo to spread a message. A billionaire investment broker is ...
Conservative PAC takes aim at Maine's Senate race
Sensing an opportunity to keep Maine's Senate seat in Republican hands, a super PAC started by GOP strategist Karl Rove is airing television ads in ...
McCaskill waits tables, gets targeted by new ad
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill donned a waitressing apron and dished out hamburgers and pizza Tuesday to illustrate her support for federal student ...
Pro-Romney super PAC plans 4-state TV ad blitz
An independent group supporting Republican Mitt Romney is launching a major TV advertising push in four presidential battleground states.
DeLay attorneys: Ex-GOP star didn't launder money
An attorney for former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told an appeals court Wednesday that the onetime GOP heavyweight's efforts to influence ...