President Obama nominated longtime fundraiser and hotel magnate Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary. If confirmed, Pritzker, the daughter of the co-founder of the Hyatt hotel chain and a successful investor in her own right, would become the richest secretary in Obama’s Cabinet and potentially the richest Cabinet secretary in U.S....
Rep. Ed Markey on Tuesday won the Democratic Party’s nomination for Senate in Massachusetts in a special-election primary,” National Journal reports. Markey, 66, who has served in the House since 1976, now faces Republican Gabriel Gomez in the June 25 general election. The Boston Globe reports that Markey, “enters the...
Post Politics writes that “Mitt Romney’s campaign manager is joining with two RNC staffers to form a new conservative opposition research company to … hold Democrats accountable for their actions and records using research, candidate tracking, rapid response and digital tools. AMERICAN BRIDGE 21st is its Democratic counterpart. (Where do...
Writes CNN, “On Tuesday, speaking at a press conference 100 days into his second term, Obama fielded a range of questions on topics including Syria and the Boston Marathon attack, and he defended his administration's actions and positions. … Asked if he still had “the juice” to get his agenda...
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Congress was in recess for sixty-six out of the first 100 days of this Congress (through April 12) – and that doesn’t include this week’s recess (“mostly true” as verified by PolitiFact, not including “pro-forma” sessions of 5 to 10 minutes used for procedural matters). That’s an average of two...
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