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Republicans Demand More ACORN Hearings, Special Prosecutor

By | 12.01.09 | 7:46 pm

As legislators streamed into the room around him, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, peered over his glasses at the roughly 60 people who’d come to this special hearing on ACORN.

“I’m glad to see this turnout so early in the day,” said Smith. (The More…

Bush Campaign Veterans Make Electoral Comeback

By | 11.24.09 | 6:00 am

For a candidate making his first bid for office, Tim Griffin couldn’t be in better shape. One week after announcing his campaign against Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.), the incumbent in Arkansas’s most Democratic-leaning district, Griffin had raised $130,000. A Public Policy Polling survey More…