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Republicans Benefit From Influx Of Campaign Funds

As midterm elections near, it is Republican candidates that are benefiting from an influx of campaign contributions. A Supreme Court decision earlier this year on campaign finance has led to new ways of collecting and spending money.

Republicans Benefit From Influx Of Campaign Funds

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The Tea Party In America

The Tea Party Picks Up Steam, Donations

The Tea Party began life as an apparently spontaneous expression of populist resistance to the Obama administration and Democrats in power. But this year its favored candidates have increasing benefited from big-time supporters, including top funders and even the Republican Party itself.

The Tea Party Picks Up Steam, Donations

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Election 2010

Democrats Have Financial Advantage Over GOP

Republican Sen. John McCain easily defeated his more conservative GOP challenger in Arizona's primary. In Alaska, Democrat Sen. Lisa Murkowski is fighting for her political life -- that primary is too close to call. The battle for money is a big a deal as the fight for votes. The Republican National Committee has only $5.3 million dollars left in its campaign coffers. Its Democratic counterpart has more than twice as much.

Democrats Have Financial Advantage Over GOP

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Analysis

Are Current House Ethics Cases All About Race?

Rep. Charles Rangel regaled his colleagues in the House this week with his version of his ethics case. But Rangel's defense sidestepped many of the facts in the case, which in combination with another against Rep. Maxine Waters, is causing Democrats major headaches in this election season.

Are Current House Ethics Cases All About Race?

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Politics

Rangel Ethics Trial To Start

A special House panel will start Thursday hearing ethics charges against 40-year veteran Charles Rangel of New York. Rangel stepped down as chairman of the tax-writing committee to fight the charges and continues to deny wrongdoing.

Rangel Ethics Trial To Start

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Analysis

Is Deficit Spending Worth It To Create Jobs?

President Obama wants to create jobs by spending more borrowed money on unemployment benefits and state aid. This is a tough sell for Democrats whose constituents are worried about the skyrocketing deficit. It's a conundrum the candidates are facing this week as they campaign in their districts during the Fourth of July break.

Is Deficit Spending Worth It To Create Jobs?

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Election 2010

Democrats Scratch Their Heads Over Alvin Greene

The Democratic party establishment in South Carolina wants to know how Alvin Greene get nearly 60 percent of the primary vote for a U.S. Senate seat. It seem not very many people had heard of him. Greene, a political unknown, defeated former state lawmaker Vic Rawl in the June 8 primary.

Democrats Scratch Their Heads Over Alvin Greene

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Analysis

Police Chiefs Address Arizona's New Immigration Law

Attorney General Eric Holder met Wednesday with police chiefs from more than a dozen cities across the country to talk about Arizona's new immigration law. The measure empowers police to question and arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally. The chiefs say it will cause distrust between immigrant communities and their officers and perhaps hamper police work.

Police Chiefs Address Arizona's New Immigration Law

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Economy

Long-Term Unemployment Hard To Dig Out From

The pain of current unemployment rates has been keenly felt by the white working class, where men in particular have seen long-term jobs turn into long-term joblessness. It's a trend that hit black working-class men 30 years ago with the decline of the industrial economy, and the effects it had on families and neighborhoods then are happening again.

Long-Term Unemployment Hard To Dig Out From

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Remembrances

Civil Rights Leader Benjamin Hooks Dead At 85

Hooks was a longtime executive director of the NAACP. In 1965, he was appointed to a newly created seat on the Tennessee Criminal Court, making him the first black judge since Reconstruction. He died Thursday.

Civil Rights Leader Benjamin Hooks Dead At 85

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Analysis

RNC Raises A Lot Of Cash And Criticisms

The Republican National Committee has been raising record amounts of money, but it also is spending record amounts. One item in particular is causing problems: A bar tab from a topless nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif. Besides that, there have been criticisms against chairman Michael Steele, who has had his own issues with expenses.

RNC Raises A Lot Of Cash And Criticisms

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N.Y. Democrats Suffer Through Bad Political News

Congressman Charles Rangel of New York was, until Wednesday, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Cases pending against him in the House Ethics Committee have led him to step down, at least temporarily. New York Governor David Paterson is being urged to step down because of his intervention in the domestic violence case involving a key aide.

N.Y. Democrats Suffer Through Bad Political News

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Health Care

Obama Hopes Summit Propels Health Care Overhaul

President Obama meets with Republican and Democats in Congress Thursday for a televised summit on overhauling health care. Lawmakers from both parties have suggested the meeting will amount to little more than political theater. The House and Senate each passed their own versions of health care overhaul but there's no final bill.

Obama Hopes Summit Propels Health Care Overhaul

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Election 2010

Reid Tripped Up By Deteriorating Political Landscape

Democrats in the U.S. Senate have been dealing with a deteriorating political landscape for several months now, and the challenges keep increasing. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who's responsible for reviving the president's agenda in the Senate, is worried about holding his majority together in this fall's elections. On top of that, he's got his own re-election to think about in November.

Reid Tripped Up By Deteriorating Political Landscape

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