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New UT Regent Cranberg a major political donor and charter school advocate (but not in Texas)

By | 02.23.11 | 6:58 pm

Alex Cranberg (aspectenergy.com)The Austin American-Statesman‘s Jason Embry reported today on the “deep ties” new University of Texas Regent Alex Cranberg has to the state of Colorado, where he’s one of the most prominent advocates on behalf of charter schools.

‘Birther’ Movement Dogs Republicans

By | 07.17.09 | 6:00 am

Kris Kobach is a law professor with degrees from Harvard, Yale and Oxford, and a veteran of George W. Bush’s administration who, after Sept. 11, helped craft the policy on domestic registration of foreign visitors to the United States. In May, he More…

Bill Posey, Congressional Birther, Finds Some Friends and Bashes ‘Angry Woman’ Rachel Maddow

By | 06.18.09 | 3:16 pm

Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.), who has introduced a bill that would require future presidential candidates to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, has collected four more co-sponsors — Reps. John R. Carter, John Culberson and Randy Neugebauer, all Republicans from Texas, and Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.). Rep. Bob Goodlatte More…

House Democrat Wants to Use Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills

By | 04.20.09 | 5:50 pm

It’s not exactly what political campaign contributors have in mind when they write checks to lawmakers, but Rep. Pete Visclosky — one of three House Democrats linked most closely to the PMA Group, a former lobbying firm currently under federal investigation — is asking the Federal Election Commission for More…

Yacht, or Not

By | 04.15.09 | 10:24 am

File this away in your “Screams For Campaign Finance Reform” cabinet.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) is asking the Federal Election Commission for permission to have his reelection campaign pay him to use his personal yacht for campaign fundraising.