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Rep. Michele Bachmann says she won't run for reelection in 2014
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative sensation and briefly a Republican presidential front-runner, announced Wednesday that she won't seek reelection to her congressional seat in 2014. The four-term Minnesota lawmaker told supporters in...Tags: U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, Elections, Michele Bachmann, Political Fundraising
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Bachmann, for whom the bell tolls
WASHINGTON — Bob Dole must be some kind of prophet. Not 72 hours after Fox News aired the former Republican leader's suggestion that the GOP put out a "closed for repairs" sign, Michele Bachmann announced that she's going out of business. Just...Tags: Mitt Romney, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, John Quincy Adams, State of the Union Address
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Rep. Michele Bachmann says she will not seek re-election
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand and a favorite of tea party Republicans, said Wednesday she will not run for another term in the U.S. House. Bachmann, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination last year, announced...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Elections, Michele Bachmann
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WRAPUP 1-Under fire, conservative Bachmann calls it quits in U.S. Congress
Reuters* A prominent but polarizing conservative voice steps aside * Bachmann faces ethics probes, avoids tough campaign By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party firebrand and 2012 presidential contender, announced on...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Huma Abedin, White House
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...
Tags: Sherrod Brown, Justice System, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Orrin Hatch
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Measure to limit medicinal pot shops in L.A. is leading
After years of futile attempts by lawmakers to regulate the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles, a ballot measure to sharply limit the number of pot dispensaries in the city was leading in early returns Tuesday. Proposition D would reduce the...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Elections, Voting, Polls
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Braddock Defense Rests With No Witnesses
The Hartford CourantJury deliberations will likely begin Tuesday in the trial of Robert Braddock, the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan charged with participating in a scheme to hide the sources of contributions. The defense...Tags: Trials, Waterbury, Judges, Justice System, Elections
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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
Tags: Laws, Judges, Tea Party Movement, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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No sign of reports Jackson is required to file
— Already looking at a possible prison term, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could face new trouble over his apparent failure to file a financial disclosure report that is required when lawmakers leave the House. Meantime, his campaign has been...
Tags: Justice System, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Elections, Religion and Belief, Ethics
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Sestak preps for Toomey rematch in 2016
Call Washington BureauThe Admiral is readying for a rematch. Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who has played it coy since his narrow loss to Pat Toomey in the grueling 2010 Senate race, announced Tuesday morning by email that he's formed an exploratory committee to run again for...Tags: Delaware County, Joe Sestak, Primaries, Arlen Specter, Patrick J. Toomey
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Sestak won't run for Pa. governor; might seek rematch with Sen. Toomey in 2016
Associated PressFormer U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has ruled out a campaign for Pennsylvania governor, but he said Tuesday that he is seriously exploring another run for U.S. Senate, possibly setting up a rematch against Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016. Sestak said he...Tags: Joe Sestak, Washington, DC, Tom Corbett, U.S. House of Representatives, Elections
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SEC and political spending
When the Supreme Court — in our view wrongly — ruled that corporations had a constitutional right to spend their money to influence elections, it also said that disclosure of such expenditures "permits citizens and shareholders to react to the...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Elections, Political Fundraising, Politics
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May 7, 2013
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