In Kentucky, All Eyes on Grimes to Face McConnell
In the general election, Grimes outspent Navy veteran Bill Johnson $605,000 to $92,000 and was elected secretary of state with 61 percent of the vote.
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Not All State Offices Are Political Launching Pads
</p> Moreover, history is littered with heavily promoted downballot statewide officeholders who lost primaries or general elections.
Goodbye, Ashley Judd? Why McConnell Might Be More Worried
</p> Grimes already is a proven vote-getter — she won by 20 points in 2011 after defeating an incumbent in the primary.
Graham Getting Heat Over Immigration Efforts
Lindsey Graham is coming under fire for his work on a bipartisan immigration bill, with conservative activists sounding an alarm that the South Carolina Republican is advocating “amnesty” for illegal immigrants
Internal Website HouseNet Gets a Makeover
</p> The biggest difference, Weiser said, is that the new site is “user friendly.”
People on the Move: March 28, 2013
</p> Shelby Boxenbaum has been hired as a legislative correspondent for Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa.
STOCK Act Endangers National Security, Report Says
</p> “Sen. Shelby supports parity in application of the STOCK Act.
‘Nobody Is Going to Be Totally Happy’ With Immigration Bill, McCain Says
</p> Members of the group have been working on the bill since January and have been reluctant to give themselves a more specific deadline, arguing the package is complicated.
Obama Trusts Immigration Gang to Produce Bill
</p> In an interview with Univision on Wednesday afternoon, Obama was asked if he would make good on his threat to put forward his own bill if the group does not unveil its bill after the Easter and Passover
Sessions Hits Back at Leahy on Immigration
</p> “Specifically, it seems the Chairman is arguing we can put a bill on the floor two weeks after the Gang of Eight potentially produces legislation in early April,” Sessions said in his release Wednesday
South Carolina: Pat Boone Endorses Bostic Over Sanford
</p> Boone’s use of the word “faithful” is a fairly overt allusion to Sanford’s highly publicized marital infidelity.
Gay Rights Activists’ Infectious Optimism
</p> DOMA was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996, but many members who once supported the law have since changed their stance and now stand in support of same-sex
Majority of Justices Question Defense of Marriage Law
</p> The 17-year-old law, which was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton, denies more than 1,000 federal benefits to gay couples, even if those couples are married legally
The Fat Lady Sings on Gun Control, 2013 Edition
</p> The Senate’s gun violence bill doesn’t include an assault weapons ban or a ban on high-capacity magazines, so almost any legislation eventually enacted is likely to fall far short of what activists
Reid Could Thwart Gun Control Filibuster
</p> Paul, Cruz and Lee may already know that their desire to filibuster the bill could be short-circuited by the Senate’s new rules, adopted in January.
Senate Budget Resolution Includes Seven Health-Related Features
</p> Utah Republican Orrin G. Hatch and Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar, who have introduced legislation to repeal the tax, said they would continue to work to get a vote on their bill.
Leahy Warns Sessions to Play Nice on Immigration
</p> He also urged Sessions to not take any dilatory actions.</p> “I hope and expect that you will not delay consideration simply to prevent the legislation from moving forward,” Leahy wrote.
Immigration Union Wants to Meet With ‘Gang of 8’
</p> “Given the record of Director Morton and Secretary Napolitano, we have zero confidence in promises of future enforcement,” the letter said.</p> One critic of the policy, Alabama GOP Sen.
McConnell to House: Move Device Tax Repeal Soon
“And I think the House now, the Senate having voted the way it did, should send us a bill to do precisely that very soon.”