Politics
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Janie Lorber
The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a super PAC that bills itself as nonpartisan and was instrumental in ousting incumbent Republican Reps. Jean Schmidt (Ohio) and Don Manzullo (Ill.), has raised nearly all of its $2.5 million from donors who have supported Republican candidates and the GOP party committees the group claims to be working against.
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Meredith Shiner
| 12:13 p.m. Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Bob Casey (Pa.) are introducing legislation today that would impose strict penalties on Americans seeking to renounce their citizenship to avoid paying taxes, like Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
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John Stanton
| 1:54 p.m. House Democrats on Thursday unveiled new voting rights legislation designed to modernize voter registration while cracking down on practices that could discourage certain populations from voting.
By
Jonathan Strong
The Violence Against Women Act: Its a bill whose name alone makes it difficult to oppose. And in the past, Republicans and Democrats came together to pass and reauthorize the bill with little controversy.
Politics
By
Stuart Rothenberg
The discussion on Monday mornings Daily Rundown on MSNBC has already occurred hundreds of times this cycle and will occur again and again between now and November. Who is Mitt Romney?
By
Emma Dumain
This week marks the official conclusion of the case of 10 Architect of the Capitol employees who were exposed to asbestos for years.
By
Jonathan Strong
| 11:55 a.m. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa came out of a morning meeting with House leadership today vowing to respond forcefully to a Tuesday letter from the Department of Justice, but the California Republican did not have an answer on whether House Republicans will hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress.
Politics
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Abby Livingston
| 10:49 a.m. Rep. David Cicilline, one of the most endangered House Democrats this cycle, might not even make it out of the September primary, according to a pollconducted for Rhode Island television affiliate WPRI.
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John Stanton
Former Sen. Jim Abdnor, who shocked liberal America in 1980 when he defeated Sen. George McGovern only to be ousted himself six years later, died Wednesday at the age of 89.
Politics
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Abby Livingston
The race to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) in Arizonas 8th district is a local drama with national implications.