Christie Vilsack raises $330k, has $540k on hand for campaign against King

Former Iowa First Lady and current Congressional candidate Christie Vilsack raised $330,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30, her campaign says.

Vilsack is running against long-time incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve King in the state’s newly-drawn 4th Congressional District, which encompasses the northwest portion of the state.

She holds More…

Minn. delegation not taking part in Congressional HIV/AIDS caucus

Amid constant congressional squabbling over spending and the deficit in Congress, 59 Democrats and Republicans have united in pledging to spend more money for research and prevention efforts to combat the spread of AIDS domestically and worldwide.

The Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, spurred by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), More…

Education to get $55 billion boost in Obama’s jobs plan

Within president Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill he announced Thursday in an address to a joint session of Congress, some $55 billion would go directly to K-12 educators and renovations to nearly 35,000 schools.

The speech has won plaudits from labor groups and most of the Democratic base for its More…

At NCLR conference, Obama blames congressional Republicans for stalled immigration reform

Addressing the National Council of La Raza’s annual conference, President Barack Obama argued that there was little he could do on crucial issues such as immigration reform and lowering unemployment without the support of congressional Republicans.

Obama also defended his record on Hispanic-related issues, in particular on increasing access to More…

Catholic and Jewish pro-choice groups rally at Capitol Hill

Yesterday, Catholics for Choice, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and a handful of other religious organizations spoke on Capitol Hill in defense of reproductive rights.

The groups More…

House Ethics removes gay-spouse proposal from congressional financial disclosure rules

This year, annual congressional financial disclosure forms (PDF), due May 16, would have included — for the first time — required information about married same-sex couples in Congress. But before the House Committee on Ethics‘ new disclosure rules were published, the committee removed that proposed provision from its More…

Survey: Voters swing dramatically against GOP

Discontented voters who swept an historic Republican majority into the House last November are ready to sweep out that majority just as dramatically, according to a
survey released Tuesday (pdf) by Public Policy Polling. The Republicans, who have been pushing deep spending cuts and controversial anti-abortion and anti-gay More…

Texas redistricting battles warming up

While the new-look Texas Legislature has grabbed the spotlight with an unprecedented attack on state spending, taking place behind the scenes and on smaller stages is a familiar struggle over redistricting.

Politico reported Monday on a conflict between U.S. Reps. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio) and Joe Barton (R-Ennis) over how More…

Politico: Ron Paul brings in $3 million in first quarter 2011

Politico is reporting today that U.S Rep. Ron Paul (R-Clute) raised about $3 million in the first three months of 2011, and also has about $1.7 million in his congressional campaign account. This morning, Paul said on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” that he’ll make a decision on another try at the More…

Ron Paul plans more trips this spring to key presidential primary states

Declaring that recent visits to Iowa, New Hampshire and North Carolina were successes, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Clute) says more trips to key primary battlegrounds are in the works, as well as national media appearances. In the letter to supporters Tuesday evening, Paul also referred to himself as a “major More…