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RNC Addresses Tepid Fundraising, Vows to Investigate Leaks

By | 08.05.10 | 9:47 am

Two pieces of news from the Republican National Committee summer meeting in Kansas City. First, the RNC’s budget committee approved a $10 million line of credit to make up for the committee’s fundraising woes:

Report: Gregg Voted to Abolish Agency He’s Set to Lead

By | 02.03.09 | 10:53 am

It seems that Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Commerce Department, doesn’t exactly believe in the necessity of that agency.

CQ’s Jonathan Allen points out that Gregg, one of the upper chamber’s most vocal fiscal hawks, voted twice in 1995 to abolish the department More…