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One Pricey Election: 2012 Predicted to Cost $6B

October 31, 2012, 3:28 pmThis election will cost $6 billion, $700 million more thanthe next most expensive election, the Center for Responsive Politics is reporting today. 

High Stakes for Baucus in Tester's Mont. Senate Race

October 31, 2012, 2:08 pm  Sen. Max Baucus has about as much at stake--both professionally and personally-- in the 2012 Senatorial elections as Sen. Jon Tester, the guy actual …

Big Candy Revives Sugar Fight On Halloween

October 31, 2012, 12:48 pmHalloween: a time for costumes, trick-or-treating and reviving Congressional battles over federal programs. At least that's what's happening with two …

Obama-Romney Race Makes Little Girl Cry

October 31, 2012, 11:26 amFrom the mouths of babes: we dare you to watch this clip of a four-year-old Colorado girl crying from election fatigue and not feel that she has artic …

A Surge for Underdog Kerrey?

October 31, 2012, 11:00 amAmerican Crossroads is set to start airing ads in support of Republican Deb Fischer in Nebraska today, as at least one poll shows a tightening Senate …

Sandy Could Revive Climate Change Debate

October 31, 2012, 9:00 amThe issue of climate change certainly got the snub this year -- it wasn't brought up once during the presidential debates. But Sandy could change that …

News Roundup: King Says Sandy Aid Shouldn't Go to 'Gucci Bags'

October 31, 2012, 8:17 amHappy Wednesday, Alley readers. Here are this morning's headlines.  Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King wants to make sure federal aid going to people af …

The Money and Groups Behind Postal Reform Lobbying

October 31, 2012, 7:10 amBusiness groups and unions have spent much time and money lobbying postal reform measures.

The Breakout Star of 2012: Mommy

October 31, 2012, 7:00 am  Votes remain to be cast but it is not too early to declare the surprise Republican star of the 2012 election: mommy (and sometimes daddy).

Federal Govt. Open for Business Wednesday

October 30, 2012, 3:51 pmAfter Hurricane Sandy shut down Capitol Hill for two days, life should be back to normal on Wednesday with federal agencies open for business, the Off …

Rep. Turner's House Destroyed in Sandy

October 30, 2012, 1:54 pmPhoto: Homes destroyed by a fire at Breezy Point are shown, in the New York City borough of Queens, New York. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 ho …

AHIP Launches Health Spending App, Sandy Spoils the Party

October 30, 2012, 1:49 pmSandy's disruptive wrath may have forced America's Health Insurance Plans to cancel plans yesterday for a coming-out party honoring its new iPad app, …

Bored? Balance the Budget

October 30, 2012, 1:26 pmStuck inside by Sandy with loads of time on your hands? Why not use it to to balance the federal budget?

Donnelly Uses Farm Bill On Trail

October 30, 2012, 10:58 amRep. Joe Donnelly, a Senate candidate in Indiana, hopes to get some last-minute mileage out of the farm bill stalled in Congress.

News Roundup: Cantor's Simpson-Bowles Bashing

October 30, 2012, 9:43 am--Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor continues his lame duck positioning critical of Simpson-Bowles with a new YouTube video, the WSJ report …
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