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VIDEO: Marco Rubio to return to CPAC

By | 11.29.11 | 10:18 am | More from The Florida Independent

The American Conservative Union announced today that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be returning to the group’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference (known as CPAC) in February.

Federal judge rejects FEC motion against former Buchanan business partner

By | 11.16.11 | 2:14 pm | More from The Florida Independent

 

A federal judge has denied the Federal Election Commission’s motion to fine a former business partner of Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, over contributions made to Buchanan’s 2006 and 2008 campaigns.

Franken signs on to constitutional amendment to limit money in politics

By | 11.16.11 | 2:05 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Sen. Al Franken and 16 other senators are proposing a constitutional amendment that would return the authority to regulate money in political campaigns to state and federal governments, an ability that was partly undermined by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision.

Gingrich: ‘I’m a genuine, intellectual conservative’

By | 11.16.11 | 2:03 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

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CARROLL — As he surged to the top of two national polls Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spent nearly three hours at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll on Monday, speaking with voters, taking questions, signing books and screening a movie he co-developed celebrating Pope John Paul II.

Senator OKs field hearings on Florida’s ‘disenfranchising’ voting law

By | 11.16.11 | 1:52 pm | More from The Florida Independent

 

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has granted Sen. Bill Nelson’s request for field hearings into Florida’s controversial new voting law that many say could disenfranchise minorities, young voters and low-income citizens.

State lawmakers debate GOP memorial requiring federal government to balance its budget

By | 11.16.11 | 1:33 pm | More from The Florida Independent

 

Continuing an ongoing theme in the GOP-led Legislature, a committee today spent a considerable amount of time debating a memorial that would require the federal government to pass a balanced budget.

Sierra Club says Cain ad that trounces EPA not worth response

By | 11.16.11 | 11:31 am | More from The Iowa Independent

False claims on Environmental Protection Agency regulations made in a Herman Cain ad aren’t worth responding to, a spokeswoman for the Sierra Club says, claiming voters are smart enough to see through political rhetoric in the ad.

Alabama immigration law panned by local and national media

By | 11.16.11 | 9:42 am | More from The Colorado Independent

With State Senator Russell Pearce’s dramatic recall in Arizona behind us, the nation’s immigration watchers turn their eyes to Alabama, now home to the nation’s fiercest immigration laws.

In Alabama, comparisons to the civil rights battles of the 1960s are hard to avoid. From local press to the New More…

Some Minnesota lawmakers in D.C. millionaires, but still not in top 1 percent

By | 11.16.11 | 9:36 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Though none qualify as the “one percent,” at least three of Minnesota’s members of Congress are millionaires, a study by the Center for Responsive Politics released on Tuesday shows.

Cain preparing to run network TV ads in Iowa

By | 11.15.11 | 5:19 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s campaign appears to be readying to run ads at Iowa’s leading network TV station, according to filings at KCCI-TV in Des Moines.