Day: December 17, 2008

Madoff Refunds

According to The WSJ, candidates are removing contributions from Bernard Madoff from their campaign accounts. Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey both said Monday that they wouldn’t keep Mr. Madoff’s campaign contributions. Sen. Schumer’s personal campaign committee will donate the $6,000 he received from Mr. Madoff to widows and […]

Electoral College Meets

Electors across the country met yesterday to cast their votes for president. Virginia’s 13 electors cast their ballots in the House chamber, a few hundred feet from the old House chamber, where the Confederate Congress met during the Civil War. News from Alaska,  Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oregon (with the weather forcing electors to seek replacements), Arkansas, […]