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Debt Crisis “Nay”-Sayers Received Large Sums from Business, Finance Interests
Companies in the financial realm — despite issuing dire warnings about the consequences of the U.S. defaulting on its debt obligations — are in no small part responsible for the rise of tea party and...
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Millionaires’ Club: For First Time, Most Lawmakers are Worth $1 Million-Plus
For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics. Of 534 current members...
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Wall Street’s Rightward Bolt
Venture capitalist Tom Perkins recently launched himself into the news with a letter to the Wall Street Journal drawing parallels between what he views as liberal hostility to the “one percent” and...
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McConnell May Coast on Tuesday, but the Money is Still Big
Matt Bevin was considered, at one time, a possibly serious threat to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). No more: When Republican voters go to the polls on Tuesday to select their nominee,...
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Scalise Victory Upends Conventional Wisdom on Leadership Cash
Rep. Steve Scalise with reporters Thursday after his election as majority whip. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) triumphantly took his spot as the No. 2 Republican in the...
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Candidates in Little New Hampshire Get Big Out-of-State Money
Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown makes last minute phone calls before the GOP primary in the New Hampshire Senate race. Brown won and now now faces incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. Both...
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Who Cares About SOTU? We Have a Few Guesses
President Obama signs a memorandum on paid leave for federal workers last week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The economy is growing steadily, unemployment is down, the stock market is soaring, gas prices...
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Will Clinton Win Back Wall Street for Democrats?
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in a roundtable with voters in Monticello, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Wall Street has been remarkably bipartisan for much...
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Dold, Poliquin rake in most Wall Street money in competitive House races
Rep. Robert Dold (R-Ill.) The Dow’s recent skids have investors on edge about how bad things might get on Wall Street. But there is one thing they can count on: the financial industry’s place as a top...
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Super PACs allow Wall Street to dominate presidential giving in 2015
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush saw his support from Wall Street nearly vanish over the last six months. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) The securities and investment industry flexed serious financial muscle in...
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Debt Crisis “Nay”-Sayers Received Large Sums from Business, Finance Interests
Companies in the financial realm — despite issuing dire warnings about the consequences of the U.S. defaulting on its debt obligations — are in no small part responsible for the rise of tea party and...
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Millionaires’ Club: For First Time, Most Lawmakers are Worth $1 Million-Plus
For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics. Of 534 current members...
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Wall Street’s Rightward Bolt
Venture capitalist Tom Perkins recently launched himself into the news with a letter to the Wall Street Journal drawing parallels between what he views as liberal hostility to the “one percent” and...
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