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Obama's, Democrats' fundraising efforts slump in April
President Obama's campaign and the Democratic Party committee helping him get re-elected raised $43.6 million in April, down from the previous month's take, despite the beginning of the general election campaign, with Mitt Romney all but securing the Republican presidential nomination.
Club for Growth cool on some 'tea party' freshmen
An influential conservative advocacy group says many House Republican freshmen have abandoned the "tea party" values they promised to uphold while campaigning for office two years ago.
Obama takes Wall Street cash while attacking Romney
The Obama campaign and the White House labored to explain the logic behind the president's decision to hold a fundraiser at the home of a hedge fund president the same day the re-election team released an advertisement bashing Mitt Romney for his tenure at Bain Capital.
Super PAC to spend $1 million in Texas Senate race
An independent "Super PAC" has made a $1 million media buy in support of Texas Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's Senate bid.
Warren takes advantage of JPMorgan loss
U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren hasn't hesitated to jump into the storm over JPMorgan's $2 billion trading loss, seizing the opportunity to remind voters of her record of taking on Wall Street.
Longtime Democratic senator predicts Keystone will be built
Former North Dakota Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, a leading voice in his party on energy issues during his 30 years in Congress, said Tuesday that he believes the massive Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline will eventually be built, even if President Obama wins re-election in the fall.
Hoyer: House running out of time to get work done
The No. 2 House Democrat accused Republican leaders of dragging their feet on this year's legislative agenda and warned the chamber will run out of time to address key fiscal issues before the November elections.
Gay activists rush to cut checks to Obama
There was a mad dash for tickets to President Obama's New York fundraiser Monday night with Ricky Martin and gay activists in the 24 hours after Mr. Obama announced his support for gay marriage, but the Obama campaign tried to tamp down talk of the rush to cut checks, according to opensecrets.com, a site that tracks money in politics.
GOP, Romney campaign tag-team against Obama
Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio kicked off the Republican National Committee's second day of joining forces with the Romney campaign, piling blame on President Obama for the nation's economic woes.
Florida Sen. Nelson wants TV stations to pull 'false' ad
Sen. Bill Nelson has asked Florida television stations to immediately stop airing an attack ad against him by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce he said spreads "false and misleading" information.
Date night with Mitt — cheaper than Obama
Having watched the Obama campaign raise money by raffling off dinner with the president, likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is following suit.
Obama to speak at Barnard alongside gay marriage activist
President Obama will speak at Barnard College in New York Monday afternoon at the same graduation ceremony that will honor Evan Wolfson, who is known as the "godfather of Gay Marriage."
New poll gives Romney biggest lead yet
In one of the first surveys since President Obama came out in favor of gay marriage, Republican Mitt Romney holds a seven-point lead over the president in Friday's Rasmussen daily tracking poll — his largest lead in any survey so far.
Romney: Obama 'forgetting' the magnitude of economic crisis
Mitt Romney's campaign is hitting President Obama for admitting during a fundraising swing in Seattle on Thursday night that sometimes he forgets the magnitude of the economic crisis when it first struck in 2008.
Palin endorses Cruz in Texas GOP Senate race
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has weighed in on the fiercely competitive Texas Senate primary race with an endorsement of Ted Cruz, the tea-party-backed candidate announced on his website Thursday.
