Category: Senate

Roll Call reports.

Quite a day for DISCLOSE.  President Obama supported the bill in a Rose Garden appearance this afternoon.  Campaign finance reform was the main headline on the White House website, as well (screen capture above). Tonight POLITICO reports that the votes, at this point, just aren’t there. Roll Call isn’t alone in noticing the politics of […]

Politico reports on some candidates’ positions on earmarks this morning. More than 15 Senate candidates — ranging from tea party conservatives to liberal Democratic hopefuls — have promised to either forgo pet projects or ban the practice altogether, putting them in direct conflict with senior senators who view earmarking as both a constitutional right and […]