Post archive for ‘US Politics’
Posted by About.com US Politics on February 13th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
President Barack Obama has given his top campaign fundraisers the OK to raise money for a super PAC supporting his re-election bid. But as anyone who recalls the president's 2010 State of the Union address can attest, Obama was vehemently opposed to super PACs before he was for them.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on February 10th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
Super PACs are raising and spending tens of millions of dollars to influence this year's presidential election. So what are super PACs? Where do they get their money, and who are they supporting? What rules govern super PACs? How do super PACs, or "independent expenditure-only committees," differ from traditional political-action committees?
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Posted by About.com US Politics on February 8th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
Three of the four Republican presidential hopefuls sharply criticized the federal appeals court ruling declaring unconstitutional California's Proposition 8, which forbid gay couples to wed by defining marriage as being between only a man and woman.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on February 7th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney picked up 10 more delegates in an easy win in Nevada over the weekend, giving him about 7 percent of the total number he needs to win the nomination. Yes, you read that correctly: He's only 7 percent of the way there.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on February 4th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
More than 300 super PACs have raked in nearly $100 million so far in their efforts to pick a winner in the 2012 presidential contest, according to new Federal Election Commission data analyzed by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on February 1st, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney thumped his nearest Republican opponent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in this week's Florida primary, carrying all of the state's 50 delegates.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on January 29th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
The political battle over the Keystone XL pipeline, a $7 billion project to carry oil from Canada to Texas Gulf Coast refineries, is likely to heat up again in the next few weeks. And the focus will again be on the number of Keystone pipeline jobs created.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on January 26th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
The numbers are in, and they're not pretty: President Barack Obama's State of the Union ratings from earlier this week were the lowest of all four of his annual addresses to the nation.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on January 25th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
President Barack Obama used his 2012 State of the Union address to make a second appeal for Congress to pass a so-called Buffett Rule on wealthy Americans. The idea is to raise taxes on anyone earning more than $1 million a year who pays a smaller portion of their earnings to the government than do middle-class workers.
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Posted by About.com US Politics on January 24th, 2012 | Categorized as US Politics
President Barack Obama delivers the fourth State of the Union address of his presidency at 9 tonight. If you own a television set, it will be almost impossible to avoid.
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